catachrestical

1. 1.

   constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis

   Synonymscatachrestic

Questions about catachrestical

What does catachrestical mean?

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

How many syllables are in catachrestical?

catachrestical has 5 syllables: ca-tach-re-sti-cal. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for catachrestical?

Close synonyms include catachrestic. 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 catachrestical a common word?

catachrestical 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.