genetics

Other forms of genetics

plural

geneticses·

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 genetics

What does genetics mean?

genetics means "the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms".

How many syllables are in genetics?

genetics has 3 syllables: ge-net-ics. The stress falls on "net". In IPA it is /dʒəˈnɛtɪks/.

What is another word for genetics?

Close synonyms include genetic science. 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 genetics a common word?

genetics is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 genetics?

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