autodidactic

1. 1.

   relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact

Questions about autodidactic

What does autodidactic mean?

autodidactic means "relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact".

How many syllables are in autodidactic?

autodidactic has 5 syllables: au-to-di-dac-tic. The stress falls on "dac".

Is autodidactic a common word?

autodidactic 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.