Synonyms for alphabet

noun

1. Linguistic symbols

   letters, syllabary, pictographs, ideographs, graphic representation, characters, symbols, signs, runes, futhark, writing system, script, ABC's, system of characters, hieroglyphs, cryptographs, phonemes, sounds, phonetic alphabet, phonetic notation, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA; see also letter 1.

   Alphabets include: Greek, Arabic, Sanskrit, Devanagari, Latin, Roman, Russian, Cyrillic, Hebrew.

2. Elements

   fundamentals, first principles, rudiments, ABC's; see elements.