palindrome

pal-in-drome · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward, ignoring spaces and punctuation.

Forms

plural: palindromes

Related words

See also: anagram, wordplay

Etymology

From Greek palindromos (running back again), from palin (again, back) + dromos (running, course).