nonphotosynthetic

1. 1.

   not photosynthetic

   Antonymsphotosynthetic

Questions about nonphotosynthetic

What does nonphotosynthetic mean?

nonphotosynthetic means "not photosynthetic".

How many syllables are in nonphotosynthetic?

nonphotosynthetic has 6 syllables and divides as non-pho-to-syn-the-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of nonphotosynthetic?

The recorded antonyms are photosynthetic.

Is nonphotosynthetic a common word?

nonphotosynthetic 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.