bilateral

Questions about bilateral

What does bilateral mean?

bilateral means "having identical parts on each side of an axis". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bilateral?

bilateral has 4 syllables: bi-lat-e-ral. The stress falls on "lat". In IPA it is /baɪˈlætɚəl/.

What is another word for bilateral?

Close synonyms include isobilateral, bilaterally symmetrical, bilaterally symmetric, two-sided. 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 bilateral a common word?

bilateral is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 bilateral?

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