---
title: List of synonyms
card_id: 27092
---

### List of synonyms

Here is a list of synonyms that you can use in scripts and in the Message box:

<b>Term</b>                        <b>Synonyms</b>
```
abbreviated      abbr, abbrev
background       bg, bkgnd   
backgrounds      bgs, bkgnds
bottomRight      botRight
button           btn        
buttons          btns
card             cd
cards            cds
center           centre
character        char
characters       chars     
commandChar      cmdChar
commandKey       cmdKey
field            fld
fields           flds
gray             grey
hilite           highlite, hilight,
                 highlight
location         loc
menuMessages     menuMessage, menuMsg,
                 menuMsgs
message          msg
message box      message, msg box, msg
message watcher  msg watcher
middle           mid
picture          pict
polygon          poly
previous         prev
rectangle        rect
regular polygon  reg poly
round rectangle  round rect
second           sec, secs, seconds
spray can        spray
tick             ticks
```

Note: You can use `sec` as a synonym for `second` only when you use it as a unit of time. You cannot use `sec` as a synonym for the ordinal `second`:

```
go second card
```

but not `go sec card`