monotonic

1. 1.

   of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

   Synonymsmonotone

   Antonymsnonmonotonic

   Similardecreasing monotonicincreasing monotonic

   mathematics

2. 2.

   sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

   “the owl's faint monotonous hooting”

   Synonymsflatmonotonemonotonous

   Similarunmodulated

Questions about monotonic

What does monotonic mean?

monotonic means "of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monotonic?

monotonic has 4 syllables: mo-no-to-nic. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for monotonic?

Close synonyms include monotone, flat, monotone, monotonous. 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 monotonic?

The recorded antonyms are nonmonotonic.

Is monotonic a common word?

monotonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.