cruciate

1. 1.

   shaped like a cross

   Synonymscruciform

   Similarsymmetrical

Questions about cruciate

What does cruciate mean?

cruciate means "shaped like a cross".

How many syllables are in cruciate?

cruciate has 3 syllables: cru-ci-ate. The stress falls on "cru".

What is another word for cruciate?

Close synonyms include cruciform. 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 cruciate a common word?

cruciate 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.