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.

Polysyllabic — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
Similarsyllabic
2.
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
“sesquipedalian technical terms”
Synonymssesquipedalian
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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.

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