pre-socratic

1. 1.

   any philosopher who lived before Socrates

   Broaderphilosopher

1. 1.

   before the time of Socrates

   Synonymspresocratic

Questions about pre-socratic

What does pre-socratic mean?

pre-socratic means "any philosopher who lived before Socrates". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pre-socratic?

pre-socratic has 4 syllables: pre--so-cra-tic. The stress falls on "cra".

What is another word for pre-socratic?

Close synonyms include presocratic. 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 pre-socratic a common word?

pre-socratic 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.