auroral

1. 1.

   of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras

   “a prominent green line in the spectrum of the auroras is called the `auroral line'”
2. 2.

   characteristic of the dawn

   “a dim auroral glow”

   Synonymsaurorean

Questions about auroral

What does auroral mean?

auroral means "of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in auroral?

auroral has 3 syllables: au-ro-ral. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ɚˈɔɹəl/.

What is another word for auroral?

Close synonyms include aurorean. 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 auroral a common word?

auroral 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.

What rhymes with auroral?

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