What does anachronous mean?

anachronous means "chronologically misplaced".

How many syllables are in anachronous?

anachronous has 4 syllables and divides as a-nach-ro-nous 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 another word for anachronous?

Close synonyms include anachronic, anachronistic. 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 anachronous a common word?

anachronous 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.

Anachronous — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
chronologically misplaced
“English public schools are anachronistic”
Synonymsanachronic anachronistic
Similarasynchronous

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What does anachronous mean?: anachronous means "chronologically misplaced".
How many syllables are in anachronous?: anachronous has 4 syllables and divides as a-nach-ro-nous 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.

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