calisthenics

Other forms of calisthenics

plural

calisthenicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about calisthenics

What does calisthenics mean?

calisthenics means "the practice of calisthenic exercises". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in calisthenics?

calisthenics has 4 syllables: cal-is-then-ics. The stress falls on "then". In IPA it is /ˌkæləsˈθɛnɪks/.

What is another word for calisthenics?

Close synonyms include callisthenics, callisthenics. 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 calisthenics a common word?

calisthenics 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.