pederastic

1. 1.

   of homosexuality between a man and a boy

   Synonymspaederastic

Questions about pederastic

What does pederastic mean?

pederastic means "of homosexuality between a man and a boy".

How many syllables are in pederastic?

pederastic has 4 syllables: pe-de-ra-stic. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for pederastic?

Close synonyms include paederastic. 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 pederastic a common word?

pederastic 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.