palaeontological

1. 1.

   of or relating to paleontology

   Synonymspaleontological

Questions about palaeontological

What does palaeontological mean?

palaeontological means "of or relating to paleontology".

How many syllables are in palaeontological?

palaeontological has 8 syllables: pa-la-e-on-to-lo-gi-cal. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for palaeontological?

Close synonyms include paleontological. 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 palaeontological a common word?

palaeontological 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.