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8-letter words (1 found)

MNEMONIC,

7-letter words (1 found)

MECONIN,

6-letter words (8 found)

COMMIE,CONINE,CONMEN,CONNIE,INCOME,MNEMIC,MNEMON,NINCOM,

5-letter words (9 found)

CONIN,CONNE,MIMEO,MINCE,MONIC,MONIE,NOMEN,NOMIC,NONCE,

4-letter words (31 found)

CINE,CION,COIN,COME,COMM,CONE,CONI,CONN,EMIC,ICON,MEIN,MEMO,MENO,MICE,MICO,MIEN,MIME,MINE,MINO,MOME,MOMI,NEMN,NEON,NICE,NINE,NOME,NONE,NONI,OMEN,ONCE,ONIE,

3-letter words (21 found)

CON,ECO,EMO,EON,ICE,INN,ION,MEM,MEN,MIC,MIM,MOC,MOE,MOI,MOM,MON,NIE,NIM,NOM,NON,ONE,

2-letter words (14 found)

EM,EN,IN,IO,ME,MI,MM,MO,NE,NO,OE,OI,OM,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 86 words from mnemonic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mnemonic

mnemonic

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /nɪˈmɒnɪk/, /nə-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /nəˈmɑnɪk/, /ni-/
  • Homophone: pneumonic (one pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
  • Hyphenation: mne‧mon‧ic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin mnemonicus or its etymon Ancient Greek μνημονῐκός (mnēmonikós, pertaining to memory or remembrance, memorial) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Mνημονῐκός (Mnēmonikós) is derived from μνήμων (mnḗmōn, mindful, remembering) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives); while μνήμων (mnḗmōn) is from μνάομαι (mnáomai, to be mindful, remember) (from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to mind; to think)) + -μων (-mōn, suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).

Adjective

mnemonic (not comparable)

  1. Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
    Synonyms: anamnestic, (archaic) memorial, (archaic) mnemonical
    Antonym: antimnemonic
  2. Of or relating to mnemonics (the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily).
  3. Of or relating to memory.
    Synonym: mnestic
Alternative forms
  • mnemonick (obsolete, rare)
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Etymology 2

Noun sense 1 (“something used to help in remembering a thing”) is borrowed from Latin mnēmonicum (something used to help in remembering a thing), from Ancient Greek μνημονικόν (mnēmonikón, something used to help in remembering a thing), a noun use of the neuter form of μνημονῐκός (mnēmonikós, adjective): see etymology 1. Noun sense 3 (“synonym of mnemonics”) is borrowed from Late Latin mnemonica, a noun use of the feminine form of mnemonicus: see etymology 1.

Noun

mnemonic (plural mnemonics)

  1. Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.
    Synonyms: aide-mémoire, (rare) mnemonicon
  2. (computing) The human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.
  3. (obsolete) Synonym of mnemonics (the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily)
Hyponyms
  • anamonic
  • memory palace
  • mimetic
Derived terms
  • mnemonics
  • neuro-mnemonic
Translations
See also
  • crib (collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort)

References

Further reading

  • mnemonic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “mnemonic”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mnemonic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org