chronic

Other forms of chronic

comparative

chronicer·

superlative

chronicest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chronic

What does chronic mean?

chronic means "being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chronic?

chronic has 2 syllables: chro-nic. The stress falls on "chro". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɑnɪk/.

What is another word for chronic?

Close synonyms include continuing, inveterate. 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.

What is the opposite of chronic?

The recorded antonyms are acute.

Is chronic a common word?

chronic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 chronic?

1 word rhymes with chronic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.