lexical

1. 1.

   of or relating to words

   “lexical decision task”
2. 2.

   of or relating to dictionaries

Questions about lexical

What does lexical mean?

lexical means "of or relating to words". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lexical?

lexical has 3 syllables: lex-i-cal. The stress falls on "lex". In IPA it is /ˈlɛksɪkəl/.

Is lexical a common word?

lexical 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.