politician

Other forms of politician

plural

politicians·

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 politician

What does politician mean?

politician means "a leader engaged in civil administration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in politician?

politician has 4 syllables: po-li-tic-ian. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /ˌpɑləˈtɪʃən/.

What is another word for politician?

Close synonyms include politico, pol, political leader. 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 politician a common word?

politician is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 politician?

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