neural

Questions about neural

What does neural mean?

neural means "of or relating to the nervous system". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neural?

neural has 2 syllables: neur-al. The stress falls on "neur". In IPA it is /ˈnʊɹəl/.

What is another word for neural?

Close synonyms include nervous, neuronal, neuronic. 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 neural a common word?

neural 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.