Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Alphabetical
Find the word that fits

Alphabetical: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Alphabetical

Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
45 useful connections shown 3 reviewed relationships and 42 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Similar meaning 2

Abecedarian 84% connected

One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Definition Compare both words
Abecedarian 84% connected

One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Definition Compare both words

Synonym 1

Alphabetic 92% connected

Alt. of Alphabetical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

A B C unknown · 78% connection

The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Abecedary adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Alectryomancy noun · 78% connection

Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Alphabetically adverb · 78% connection

In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Armenian noun · 78% connection

a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Bilingual adjective · 78% connection

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Cadmean adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Capital noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Capital letter noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Cipher noun · 78% connection

A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Cryptography noun · 78% connection

The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Epistolographic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Gender noun · 78% connection

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Grammatical gender noun · 78% connection

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Heterotaxy noun · 78% connection

Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in p…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Hieroglyphic adjective · 78% connection

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
Joinhand noun · 78% connection

Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, furnished, expressed, order, letters.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary