catachrestic

1. 1.

   constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis

   Synonymscatachrestical

Questions about catachrestic

What does catachrestic mean?

catachrestic means "constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis".

How many syllables are in catachrestic?

catachrestic has 4 syllables: ca-tach-re-stic. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for catachrestic?

Close synonyms include catachrestical. 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 catachrestic a common word?

catachrestic 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.