epenthetic

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to epenthesis

   Synonymsparasitic

Questions about epenthetic

What does epenthetic mean?

epenthetic means "of or pertaining to epenthesis".

How many syllables are in epenthetic?

epenthetic has 4 syllables: e-pen-the-tic. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for epenthetic?

Close synonyms include parasitic. 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 epenthetic a common word?

epenthetic 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.