philharmonic

Other forms of philharmonic

plural

philharmonics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about philharmonic

What does philharmonic mean?

philharmonic means "composing or characteristic of an orchestral group". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philharmonic?

philharmonic has 4 syllables: phil-har-mo-nic. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˌfɪlˌhɑɹˈmɑnɪk/.

What is another word for philharmonic?

Close synonyms include symphony orchestra, symphony. 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 philharmonic a common word?

philharmonic 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 philharmonic?

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