empirical

Questions about empirical

What does empirical mean?

empirical means "derived from experiment and observation rather than theory". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in empirical?

empirical has 4 syllables: em-pir-i-cal. The stress falls on "pir". In IPA it is /ˌɛmˈpɪɹɪkəl/.

What is another word for empirical?

Close synonyms include empiric, empiric. 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 empirical?

The recorded antonyms are theoretical.

Is empirical a common word?

empirical 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.