metallic

Other forms of metallic

plural

metallics·

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 metallic

What does metallic mean?

metallic means "a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in metallic?

metallic has 3 syllables: me-tal-lic. The stress falls on "tal". In IPA it is /məˈtælɪk/.

What is another word for metallic?

Close synonyms include metal. 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.

What is the opposite of metallic?

The recorded antonyms are nonmetallic.

Is metallic a common word?

metallic 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 metallic?

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