interlinear

1. 1.

   written between lines of text

   Synonymsinterlineal

Questions about interlinear

What does interlinear mean?

interlinear means "written between lines of text".

How many syllables are in interlinear?

interlinear has 5 syllables: in-ter-li-ne-ar. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for interlinear?

Close synonyms include interlineal. 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 interlinear a common word?

interlinear 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.