materialistic

Questions about materialistic

What does materialistic mean?

materialistic means "marked by materialism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in materialistic?

materialistic has 6 syllables: ma-ter-i-a-lis-tic. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /məˌtɪɹiəˈlɪstɪk/.

What is another word for materialistic?

Close synonyms include mercenary, worldly-minded, bourgeois, conservative. 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 materialistic a common word?

materialistic 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 materialistic?

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