allopatric

1. 1.

   (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another

   Antonymssympatric

   biology

Questions about allopatric

What does allopatric mean?

allopatric means "(of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another".

How many syllables are in allopatric?

allopatric has 4 syllables and divides as al-lo-pa-tric under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of allopatric?

The recorded antonyms are sympatric.

Is allopatric a common word?

allopatric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.