mnemonic
Syllables: mne·mon·icUK/nɪˈmɒnɪk//nəˈmɑnɪk/
mnemonic adjective: especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
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Adjective
mnemonic (not comparable)
- Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
- Synonyms:
- anamnestic, memorial, mnemonical
- Antonyms:
- antimnemonic
- Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
- Of or relating to memory.
- Synonyms:
- mnestic
Noun
mnemonic (plural mnemonics)
- Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.
- Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment, but unless used on a daily basis could also be dangerous, for there were so many of them.2003, Alex Kimbell, chapter 3, in The Unbridgeable Divide: A Love Story, Market Harborough, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, section I, page 54
- Synonyms:
- aide-mémoire, mnemonicon
- The human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.
- Synonym of mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
- Synonyms:
- mnemonics
mnemonic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mnemonic in Hindi
- something used to help in remembering a thing
- निमोनिक nimonik
mnemonic in Tamil
- something used to help in remembering a thing
- நினைவி niṉaivi, நினைவிக்கருவி niṉaivikkaruvi
mnemonic in Urdu
- something used to help in remembering a thing
- فن حفظ
mnemonic in Bengali
- something used to help in remembering a thing
- স্মৃতিবর্ধনবিদ্যা smritibordhonbidda
More languagesFewer languages
- mnemonic in Kannada
- ನೆನಪಿಸುವ, ನೆನಪುಪದ
- mnemonic in Arabic
- اِسْتِذْكَار istiḏkār
- mnemonic in Indonesian
- jembatan keledai, mnemonik
- mnemonic in Persian
- یادیار
- mnemonic in Thai
- นีโมนิค
Synonyms of mnemonic
Antonyms
Forms of mnemonic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | mnemonick |
| Noun | |
| plural | mnemonics |
Origin of mnemonic
Borrowed from Late Latin mnemonicus or its etymon Ancient Greek μνημονῐκός (mnēmonĭkós, “pertaining to memory or remembrance, memorial”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Mνημονῐκός (Mnēmonĭkós) is derived from μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “mindful, remembering”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, 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). Cognates * French mnémonique (adjective) * German mnemonisch * Italian mnemonico * Portuguese mnemónica
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 (mnēmonĭkós, 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. Cognates * French mnémonique (noun) * German Mnemonik * Italian mnemonica * Portuguese mnemónico
Words formed from mnemonic
Words that rhyme with mnemonic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- demonic
- ionic
- laconic
- masonic
- monic
- monophonic
- monotonic
- pythonic
- Teutonic
- catatonic
- colonic
- histrionic
- homophonic
- infrasonic
- moronic
- planktonic
- platonic
- polytonic
- sardonic
- Slavonic
- sonic
- supersonic
- syntonic
- ambisonic
- anionic
- aplatonic
- apophonic
- arachidonic
- autochthonic
- avionic
- bacterioplanktonic
- Bonnick
- bosonic
- breviconic
- bubonic
- Byronic
- carbonic
- chthonic
- clonic
- conic
- cryonic
- Decameronic
- diatonic
- eugonic
- euphonic
- eutonic
- glyconic
- hadronic
Questions about mnemonic
- What does mnemonic mean?
- Mnemonic means especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
- What is mnemonic in Hindi?
- Mnemonic in Hindi is निमोनिक (nimonik). See Mnemonic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mnemonic?
- Mnemonic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce mnemonic?
- Mnemonic is pronounced /nɪˈmɒnɪk/ (UK).
Words near mnemonic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mnemonic (page history and authors); mnemonic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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