flagellate

1. 1.

   whip

   “The religious fanatics flagellated themselves”

   Synonymsscourge

   Broaderflog

1. 1.

   having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

   Synonymsflagellatedwhiplikelash-like

Other forms of flagellate

plural

flagellates·

past tense

flagellated·

present participle

flagellating·

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 flagellate

What does flagellate mean?

flagellate means "a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flagellate?

flagellate has 3 syllables: flag-el-late. The stress falls on "flag". In IPA it is /ˈflædʒəˌleɪt/.

What is another word for flagellate?

Close synonyms include flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore, scourge. 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 flagellate a common word?

flagellate 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 flagellate?

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