polysemantic

1. 1.

   of words; having many meanings

   Synonymspolysemous

   Similarambiguous

Questions about polysemantic

What does polysemantic mean?

polysemantic means "of words; having many meanings".

How many syllables are in polysemantic?

polysemantic has 5 syllables: po-ly-se-man-tic. The stress falls on "man".

What is another word for polysemantic?

Close synonyms include polysemous. 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 polysemantic a common word?

polysemantic 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.