palindrome

Noun

Meaning

A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

circular pun clinch anagram parenthesis metastasis eponym acrostic word play amphiboly hysteron proteron anastrophe hyperbaton hypallage cryptogram
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

word

Phrases with the word

semi-palindrome half-palindrome

Anagrams

emordnilap pramindole

Examples

A palindrome structure allows the Y-chromosome to repair itself by bending over at the middle if one side is damaged. Source: Internet

A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards. Source: Internet

Classical music Center part of palindrome in Alban Berg's opera Lulu Joseph Haydn 's Symphony No. 47 in G is nicknamed "the Palindrome". Source: Internet

Some names can be made part of a larger palindrome, like: "You have no name, Manon Eva Huoy!" Source: Internet

Nisio Isin is a Japanese novelist and manga writer, whose pseudonym (西尾 維新, Nishio Ishin) is a palindrome when romanized using the Kunrei-shiki or the Nihon-shiki systems, and is often written as NisiOisiN to emphasize this. Source: Internet

Igor Stravinsky 's final composition, The Owl and the Pussy Cat, is a palindrome. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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