cacophonic

Questions about cacophonic

What does cacophonic mean?

cacophonic means "having an unpleasant sound".

How many syllables are in cacophonic?

cacophonic has 4 syllables: ca-co-pho-nic. The stress falls on "pho".

What is another word for cacophonic?

Close synonyms include cacophonous. 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 cacophonic a common word?

cacophonic 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.