polysyllabic

1. 1.

   having or characterized by words of more than three syllables

   Similarsyllabic
2. 2.

   (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables

   “sesquipedalian technical terms”

   Synonymssesquipedalian

   Similarlong

Questions about polysyllabic

What does polysyllabic mean?

polysyllabic means "having or characterized by words of more than three syllables". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polysyllabic?

polysyllabic has 5 syllables: po-ly-syl-lab-ic. The stress falls on "lab". In IPA it is /ˌpɑˌlisɪˈlæbɪk/.

What is another word for polysyllabic?

Close synonyms include sesquipedalian. 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 polysyllabic a common word?

polysyllabic 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.

What rhymes with polysyllabic?

1 word rhymes with polysyllabic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.