monogynic

1. 1.

   having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)

   Synonymsmonogynous

   Similarmonogamous

Questions about monogynic

What does monogynic mean?

monogynic means "having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)".

How many syllables are in monogynic?

monogynic has 4 syllables: mo-no-gy-nic. The stress falls on "gy".

What is another word for monogynic?

Close synonyms include monogynous. 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 monogynic a common word?

monogynic 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.