heterocyclic

Other forms of heterocyclic

plural

heterocyclics·

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 heterocyclic

What does heterocyclic mean?

heterocyclic means "a compound containing a heterocyclic ring". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heterocyclic?

heterocyclic has 5 syllables: he-te-ro-cy-clic. The stress falls on "cy".

What is another word for heterocyclic?

Close synonyms include heterocyclic compound, heterocycle. 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 heterocyclic a common word?

heterocyclic 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.