cephalic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the head

   Antonymscaudal

Questions about cephalic

What does cephalic mean?

cephalic means "of or relating to the head".

How many syllables are in cephalic?

cephalic has 3 syllables: ce-pha-lic. The stress falls on "pha".

What is the opposite of cephalic?

The recorded antonyms are caudal.

Is cephalic a common word?

cephalic 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.