oligarchical

1. 1.

   of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy

   Synonymsoligarchic

Questions about oligarchical

What does oligarchical mean?

oligarchical means "of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy".

How many syllables are in oligarchical?

oligarchical has 5 syllables: o-li-gar-chi-cal. The stress falls on "gar".

What is another word for oligarchical?

Close synonyms include oligarchic. 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 oligarchical a common word?

oligarchical 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.