kangaroo word

English

Noun

kangaroo word (plural kangaroo words)

Examples
anomaly: abnormality noble: honorable pants: pantaloons

1. A word that contains letters of another word, in order, where both words have the same or nearly the same meaning.

Translations

a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning

• Hungarian: fiahordó szó (from fia and hordó)

See also

• joey word
• Appendix:Kangaroo words