attic

1. 1.

   of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times

   “Attic Greek”

Other forms of attic

plural

attics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about attic

What does attic mean?

attic means "floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in attic?

attic has 2 syllables: at-tic. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /ˈætɪk/.

What is another word for attic?

Close synonyms include loft, garret, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek. 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 attic a common word?

attic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 attic?

4 words rhyme with attic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.