ballistic

1. 1.

   relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity

   “ballistic missile”

Questions about ballistic

What does ballistic mean?

ballistic means "relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity".

How many syllables are in ballistic?

ballistic has 3 syllables: bal-lis-tic. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /bəˈlɪstɪk/.

Is ballistic a common word?

ballistic 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 ballistic?

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