apheretic

1. 1.

   relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis

   Synonymsaphaeretic

Questions about apheretic

What does apheretic mean?

apheretic means "relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis".

How many syllables are in apheretic?

apheretic has 4 syllables and divides as a-phe-re-tic 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 apheretic?

Close synonyms include aphaeretic. 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 apheretic a common word?

apheretic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.