allergic

Questions about allergic

What does allergic mean?

allergic means "characterized by or caused by allergy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in allergic?

allergic has 3 syllables: al-ler-gic. The stress falls on "ler". In IPA it is /əˈlɝdʒɪk/.

What is another word for allergic?

Close synonyms include hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allergic a common word?

allergic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.