hieroglyphic

1. 1.

   resembling hieroglyphic writing

   Synonymshieroglyphical
2. 2.

   written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols

   Synonymshieroglyphical

Other forms of hieroglyphic

plural

hieroglyphics·

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 hieroglyphic

What does hieroglyphic mean?

hieroglyphic means "writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hieroglyphic?

hieroglyphic has 4 syllables: hie-ro-glyp-hic. The stress falls on "glyp". In IPA it is /ˌhaɪɹoʊˈɡlɪfɪk/.

What is another word for hieroglyphic?

Close synonyms include hieroglyph, hieroglyph, hieroglyphical, hieroglyphical. 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 hieroglyphic a common word?

hieroglyphic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.