Explore glossary
Patterns and useful oddities found across Singapore Government terminology.
Then and now
Former names and the successors you may encounter in newer documents.
- AAD Azure Active Directory Now: Microsoft Entra ID
- AFAS Amateur Fencing Association of Singapore
- AHG Additional CPF Housing Grant
- AIM Analytical and Intellectual Capacity; Influence and Collaboration; Motivation for Excellence
- AMP Active Mobility Patrol
- AVA Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- CCCS Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
- CCS Competition Commission of Singapore
- CCT CapitaLand Commercial Trust Now: CICT — CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust
- CPE Council for Private Education
- CRA Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore
- DBS Development Bank of Singapore Now: DBS Bank
- EPOL Employment Pass Online Now: EP eService — Employment Pass eService
- ETPL Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd Now: A*ccelerate — Accelerate Technologies Pte Ltd
- FFLP Friendly Faces, Lively Places Fund Now: Lively Places Programme
- GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited Now: GIC Private Limited
- HBRC Home-based Respite Care Now: HPC+
- I2R Institute for Infocomm Research
- IDA Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore Now: IMDA and GovTech
- IE Singapore International Enterprise Singapore
- ISEAS Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- MCI Ministry of Communications and Information
- MCPS Married Child Priority Scheme Now: FCS
- MEWR Ministry of Environment and Water Resources
- MGPS Multi-Generation Priority Scheme Now: FCS
- MOL Moments of Life Now: LifeSG
- NAIS National AI Strategy Now: NAIS 2.0 — National AI Strategy 2.0
- OPC Off-Peak Car Now: ROPC
- OSTIn Office for Space Technology and Industry Now: NSAS
- PCP Professional Conversion Programme
- PGO Pioneer Generation Office
- PLH Prime Location Public Housing Now: Prime
- PSA Port of Singapore Authority Now: PSA International
- SCORE Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises
- SFL Screen for Life Now: Healthier SG Screening
- SHG Special CPF Housing Grant
- SNDGG Smart Nation and Digital Government Group
- SNDGO Smart Nation and Digital Government Office
- SNWF Singapore National Wushu Federation
- SPRING Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
- SSG SkillsFuture Singapore
- ST Aero Singapore Technologies Aerospace Now: ST Engineering Aerospace
- ST Electronics Singapore Technologies Electronics Now: ST Engineering Electronics
- ST Kinetics Singapore Technologies Kinetics Now: ST Engineering Land Systems
- ST Marine Singapore Technologies Marine Now: ST Engineering Marine
- WDA Singapore Workforce Development Agency Now: WSG, then SWDA
- WEC Weekend Car Now: ROPC
- WSG Workforce Singapore
Built from within
Short forms that reach beyond word initials. Highlighted letters show how each one is assembled.
- SAFMPCOMD Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command
- FJCOURTS Judiciary, Family Justice Courts
- SINGSTAT Singapore Department of Statistics
- SUPCOURT Judiciary, Supreme Court
- AASPEDS Achievement Awards for Special Education Students
- CADENCE Cardiovascular Disease National Collaborative Enterprise
- COMPASS Complementarity Assessment Framework
- COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
- DORSCON Disease Outbreak Response System Condition
- INSARAG International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
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Similar short forms with related names, detected from glossary patterns.
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Most meanings
Abbreviations reused for the largest number of meanings.
Most domains
Abbreviations whose meanings reach across the widest range of domains.
- DC Digital and Technology · Finance and Economy · General · Housing and Built Environment · Transport 5 domains
- SAR Defence · General · Health · Transport 4 domains
- IO Defence · Digital and Technology · Home Affairs · International 4 domains
- PC Digital and Technology · Finance and Economy · General · Law and Justice 4 domains
- PG Education · General · Home Affairs · Law and Justice 4 domains
- PO Cross-government · Finance and Economy · General · Health 4 domains
- IP Education · Health · Home Affairs · Law and Justice 4 domains
- SEC Cross-government · Education · Environment · Finance and Economy 4 domains
- SMC Cross-government · Digital and Technology · Health · Law and Justice 4 domains
- TC Digital and Technology · Education · Housing and Built Environment · International 4 domains
Longest abbreviations
Compact short forms with the greatest number of letters and digits.
- IOC-WESTPAC Sub-commission for the Western Pacific of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 10 letters or digits
- SAFMPCOMD Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command 9 letters or digits
- CREST-CSN Caregiver Community Outreach Team 8 letters or digits
- CREST-PDS Post-Diagnostic Support Community Outreach Team 8 letters or digits
- FJCOURTS Judiciary, Family Justice Courts 8 letters or digits
- SHIP-HATS Secure Hybrid Integrated Pipeline - Hive Agile Testing Solutions 8 letters or digits
- SINGSTAT Singapore Department of Statistics 8 letters or digits
- SUPCOURT Judiciary, Supreme Court 8 letters or digits
- AASPEDS Achievement Awards for Special Education Students 7 letters or digits
- ANZSCEP Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership 7 letters or digits
Ranking methodology. Rankings include current, upcoming, uncommenced, legacy and historical entries; uncertain entries are excluded. Acronym-like forms contain at least two letters or digits, including at least one letter, with no spaces or lowercase characters. Punctuation is allowed but ignored for length and matching. “Built from within” follows letters and digits in expansion order, excluding forms made only from word initials and expansions that begin with the short form itself.