paperlike

1. 1.

   of or like paper

   Synonymschartaceouspapery

Questions about paperlike

What does paperlike mean?

paperlike means "of or like paper".

How many syllables are in paperlike?

paperlike has 3 syllables and divides as pa-per-like 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 another word for paperlike?

Close synonyms include chartaceous, papery. 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 paperlike a common word?

paperlike 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.