Synonyms and antonyms of Written abbreviations in British Thesaurus

abbreviation (noun)

a short form of a word or phrase

acronym (noun)

an abbreviation consisting of letters that form a word. For example, NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

anon. (abbreviation)

anonymous

AV (abbreviation)

audiovisual

B (abbreviation)

used for replacing ‘be’ in other words

BAU (abbreviation)

business as usual: used for referring to a situation where everything is happening as normal, especially after a period when it was not

bpi (abbreviation)

bits per inch: a unit for measuring the quality of magnetic tape

Capt. (abbreviation)

captain

CCTV (noun)

closed-circuit television

cf (abbreviation)

used for referring to something that is connected with the subject that is being written about

col (abbreviation)

column

cont. (abbreviation)

content

cont. (abbreviation)

continued: used for showing that a piece of writing is being continued

Ct (abbreviation)

Court

cu. (abbreviation)

cubic

deg. (abbreviation)

degree

del. (abbreviation)

delete

dept (abbreviation)

department

d.o.b. (abbreviation)

date of birth

doc. (abbreviation)

document

doz. (abbreviation)

dozen

ed. (abbreviation)

edition

ed. (abbreviation)

editor

ed. (abbreviation)

education

e.g. (abbreviation)

for example: used for giving an example of what you mean

Eng. (abbreviation)

English

esp. (abbreviation)

especially

est. (abbreviation)

established: used with a date after the name of a business or other organization to show when it was started

et al (abbreviation)

used after a name to mean ‘and other people whose names are not mentioned’, especially people who have written a book together

etc (abbreviation)

used after a list of things to mean ‘and others of the same type’, when you do not want to mention everything

f (abbreviation)

following

F (abbreviation)

false

ff (abbreviation)

and following: used for referring to the pages or lines that come after the number mentioned

fig. (abbreviation)

figure: a picture in a book

fwd (abbreviation)

forward

FX (abbreviation)

special effect

gov (abbreviation)

governor

gsoh (abbreviation)

good sense of humour: used in newspaper personal columns

Gt (abbreviation)

great

hp (abbreviation)

horsepower

ibid. (abbreviation)

used in writing when you are including words from a particular book for the second time, and want to show that they are from the same book that you mentioned before

IC (abbreviation)

integrated circuit

IC (abbreviation)

internal combustion

Inc. (abbreviation)

Incorporated: used in the US after the name of a large company, or a group of companies working together under one name

incl. (abbreviation)

including

incl. (abbreviation)

inclusive

initialism (noun)

an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word, pronounced separately. NHS and CBS are initialisms.

Inst. (abbreviation)

Institute

int. (abbreviation)

internal

int. (abbreviation)

international

intl. (abbreviation)

international

IV (abbreviation)

intravenous

IV (abbreviation)

intravenously

JP (noun)

Justice of the Peace: an official similar to a judge who works in the lower courts

l (abbreviation)

left

l (abbreviation)

length

lat. (abbreviation)

latitude

Lib. (abbreviation)

Liberal

ll. (abbreviation)

lines: used for referring to particular lines of text in a book

m (abbreviation)

mass

M (abbreviation)

medium

max (abbreviation)

maximum

min. (abbreviation)

minimum

misc. (abbreviation)

miscellaneous

mkt (abbreviation)

market

n/a (abbreviation)

not applicable: used on forms when the form requests information or asks a question that is not relevant to you

n/a (abbreviation)

not available: used on forms, for example to show that a product is not available

neg. (abbreviation)

negative

op cit (abbreviation)

used in a piece of formal writing for referring to a book that you have already mentioned

opp. (abbreviation)

opposite

p (abbreviation)

page

p.a. (abbreviation)

per annum

par (abbreviation)

paragraph

para (abbreviation)

paragraph

passim (adverb)

formal used in notes for a book or article for showing that something is mentioned in many places in it

pd (abbreviation)

paid

Pk (abbreviation)

park

Pl. (abbreviation)

place

pp (abbreviation)

pages

PR (noun)

public relations

Prof. (abbreviation)

Professor: used in writing before the name of a professor

Pte (abbreviation)

British private

Q (abbreviation)

question

QED (abbreviation)

used for saying that a particular fact proves that what you have said is true

q.v. (abbreviation)

used in books after a page number to show where you should look to find more information

r (abbreviation)

right

recd (abbreviation)

received

regd (abbreviation)

registered

Rep. (abbreviation)

American Representative

Rx. (abbreviation)

American prescription

sec. (abbreviation)

secretary

sec. (abbreviation)

section

sic (adverb)

formal used in writing after a word that is not spelled or used correctly to show that you have written it that way because you are repeating what someone else said or wrote

Soc. (abbreviation)

Society

TBA (abbreviation)

to be announced: used for saying that you will be told something at a later time because it has not yet been decided

tbc (abbreviation)

to be confirmed: used for showing that something has not been decided yet

TM (abbreviation)

trademark

v (abbreviation)

versus

viz. (abbreviation)

formal used, especially in writing, when you want to give more specific information about something that you have just mentioned

vol. (abbreviation)

volume

vs (abbreviation)

versus

yr (abbreviation)

your

yrs (abbreviation)

yours