What does parabolic mean?

parabolic means "resembling or expressed by parables". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parabolic?

parabolic has 4 syllables: par-a-bo-lic. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˌpɛɹəˈbɑlɪk/.

What is another word for parabolic?

Close synonyms include parabolical, parabolical. 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 parabolic a common word?

parabolic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 parabolic?

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

parabolic — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
resembling or expressed by parables
Synonymsparabolical
2.
having the form of a parabola
Synonymsparabolical
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What does parabolic mean?: parabolic means "resembling or expressed by parables". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
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