polysemous

1. 1.

   of words; having many meanings

   Synonymspolysemantic

   Similarambiguous

Questions about polysemous

What does polysemous mean?

polysemous means "of words; having many meanings".

How many syllables are in polysemous?

polysemous has 4 syllables: po-ly-se-mous. The stress falls on "ly".

What is another word for polysemous?

Close synonyms include polysemantic. 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 polysemous a common word?

polysemous 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.