lilac

1. 1.

   of a pale purple color

   Synonymslavenderlilac-colored

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of lilac

plural

lilacs·

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 lilac

What does lilac mean?

lilac means "any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lilac?

lilac has 2 syllables: li-lac. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪˌlæk/.

What is another word for lilac?

Close synonyms include lavender, lilac-colored. 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 lilac a common word?

lilac is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 lilac?

4 words rhyme with lilac. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.