Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acrostic

2 senses of acrostic

Sense 1
word square, acrostic -- (a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across)
       => puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser -- (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler")

Sense 2
acrostic -- (verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message)
       => literary composition, literary work -- (imaginative or creative writing)