parhelic

1. 1.

   relating to or resembling a parhelion

   Synonymsparheliacal

Questions about parhelic

What does parhelic mean?

parhelic means "relating to or resembling a parhelion".

How many syllables are in parhelic?

parhelic has 3 syllables: par-he-lic. The stress falls on "he".

What is another word for parhelic?

Close synonyms include parheliacal. 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 parhelic a common word?

parhelic 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.