areolar

1. 1.

   relating to or like or divided into areolae

   “areolar tissue”

   Synonymsareolate

Questions about areolar

What does areolar mean?

areolar means "relating to or like or divided into areolae".

How many syllables are in areolar?

areolar has 4 syllables: a-re-o-lar. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for areolar?

Close synonyms include areolate. 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 areolar a common word?

areolar 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.