carcinogenic

1. 1.

   causing or tending to cause cancer

   “the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals”

Questions about carcinogenic

What does carcinogenic mean?

carcinogenic means "causing or tending to cause cancer".

How many syllables are in carcinogenic?

carcinogenic has 5 syllables: car-ci-no-gen-ic. The stress falls on "gen". In IPA it is /ˌkɑɹsənoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/.

Is carcinogenic a common word?

carcinogenic 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 carcinogenic?

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