esthetic

1. 1.

   (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful

   “he despised the esthetic of minimalism”

   Synonymsaesthetic

   Broaderphilosophical doctrine

   philosophy

Other forms of esthetic

plural

esthetics·

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 esthetic

What does esthetic mean?

esthetic means "concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in esthetic?

esthetic has 3 syllables: es-thet-ic. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ɛsˈθɛtɪk/.

What is another word for esthetic?

Close synonyms include aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetical, aesthetic, aesthetic. 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 esthetic a common word?

esthetic 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.

What rhymes with esthetic?

12 words rhyme with esthetic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.