diuretic

Other forms of diuretic

plural

diuretics·

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 diuretic

What does diuretic mean?

diuretic means "any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water".

How many syllables are in diuretic?

diuretic has 4 syllables: di-u-ret-ic. The stress falls on "ret". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪuˈɹɛtɪk/.

What is another word for diuretic?

Close synonyms include diuretic drug, water pill. 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 diuretic a common word?

diuretic 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.