mechanic

1. 1.

   resembling the action of a machine

   “from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet”

   Similarmechanical

Other forms of mechanic

plural

mechanics·

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 mechanic

What does mechanic mean?

mechanic means "a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mechanic?

mechanic has 3 syllables: me-chan-ic. The stress falls on "chan". In IPA it is /məˈkænɪk/.

What is another word for mechanic?

Close synonyms include machinist, shop mechanic, automobile mechanic, auto-mechanic, car-mechanic. 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 mechanic a common word?

mechanic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 mechanic?

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