cubic

1. 1.

   involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable

   “a cubic equation”

   mathematics

2. 2.

   having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions

   Synonymsthree-dimensional

   Antonymslinearplanar

   Similarblockishboxlikebrick-shapedcubelikeisometricsolid

Other forms of cubic

comparative

cubicer·

superlative

cubicest·

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 cubic

What does cubic mean?

cubic means "involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cubic?

cubic has 2 syllables: cu-bic. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˈkjubɪk/.

What is another word for cubic?

Close synonyms include three-dimensional. 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 cubic?

The recorded antonyms are linear, planar.

Is cubic a common word?

cubic 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.