pacific

1. 1.

   the largest ocean in the world

   SynonymsPacific Ocean

   Broaderocean

   PartsGuadalupe IslandAleutian IslandsOceaniaAustralasiaAustronesiaWake Island

Other forms of pacific

plural

pacifics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pacific

What does pacific mean?

pacific means "relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pacific?

pacific has 3 syllables: pa-cif-ic. The stress falls on "cif". In IPA it is /pəˈsɪfɪk/.

What is another word for pacific?

Close synonyms include peaceable, Pacific Ocean. 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 pacific a common word?

pacific 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.

What rhymes with pacific?

2 words rhyme with pacific. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.