athletic

Questions about athletic

What does athletic mean?

athletic means "relating to or befitting athletics or athletes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in athletic?

athletic has 3 syllables: ath-let-ic. The stress falls on "let". In IPA it is /æθˈlɛtɪk/.

What is another word for athletic?

Close synonyms include acrobatic, gymnastic. 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 athletic a common word?

athletic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with athletic?

1 word rhymes with athletic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.