italic

1. 1.

   characterized by slanting characters

   “italic characters”
2. 2.

   of or relating to the Italic languages

   “ancient Italic dialects”

Other forms of italic

plural

italics·

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 italic

What does italic mean?

italic means "a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in italic?

italic has 3 syllables: i-tal-ic. The stress falls on "tal". In IPA it is /aɪˈtælɪk/.

What is another word for italic?

Close synonyms include Italic language. 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 italic a common word?

italic 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.

What rhymes with italic?

1 word rhymes with italic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.