presocratic

1. 1.

   before the time of Socrates

   Synonymspre-Socratic

Questions about presocratic

What does presocratic mean?

presocratic means "before the time of Socrates".

How many syllables are in presocratic?

presocratic has 4 syllables and divides as pre-so-cra-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for presocratic?

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

presocratic 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.