caloric

1. 1.

   relating to or associated with heat

   “thermal movements of molecules”

   “thermal capacity”

   “thermic energy”

   “the caloric effect of sunlight”

   Synonymsthermalthermic
2. 2.

   of or relating to calories in food

   “comparison of foods on a caloric basis”

   “the caloric content of foods”

Questions about caloric

What does caloric mean?

caloric means "relating to or associated with heat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caloric?

caloric has 3 syllables: ca-lo-ric. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /kəˈlɔɹɪk/.

What is another word for caloric?

Close synonyms include thermal, thermic. 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 caloric a common word?

caloric 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.