Palindrome \Pal"in*drome\, n. [Gr. pali`ndromos running back
again; pa`lin again + dramei^n to run: cf. F. palindrome.]
A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read
backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, &
evil I did dwel.
[1913 Webster] Palindromic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
palindrome
n : a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
WordNet (r) 2.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "palindrome":
abuse of terms, acrostic, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram,
anastrophe, calembour, chiasmus, corruption, equivocality,
equivoque, hypallage, hyperbaton, hysteron proteron, jeu de mots,
logogram, logogriph, malapropism, metagram, metastasis, metathesis,
missaying, parenthesis, paronomasia, play on words, pun, punning,
spoonerism, synchysis, tmesis, wordplay
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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