conical

1. 1.

   relating to or resembling a cone

   “conical mountains”

   “conelike fruit”

   Synonymsconicconelikecone-shaped

Questions about conical

What does conical mean?

conical means "relating to or resembling a cone".

How many syllables are in conical?

conical has 3 syllables: co-ni-cal. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnɪkəl/.

What is another word for conical?

Close synonyms include conic, conelike, cone-shaped. 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 conical a common word?

conical 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.