<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word.</li><li>initialism.</li><li>an acrostic.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to make an acronym of: The committee's name has been acronymed MIKE.</li></ul>