olympic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Olympic Games

   “Olympic winners”
2. 2.

   of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants

   “Olympian plain”

   SynonymsOlympian

Questions about olympic

What does olympic mean?

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

How many syllables are in olympic?

olympic has 3 syllables: o-lym-pic. The stress falls on "lym". In IPA it is /oʊˈlɪmpɪk/.

What is another word for olympic?

Close synonyms include Olympian. 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 olympic a common word?

olympic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.