prognathic

1. 1.

   having a projecting lower jaw

   Synonymsprognathoushypognathous

   Similarlantern-jawed

Questions about prognathic

What does prognathic mean?

prognathic means "having a projecting lower jaw".

How many syllables are in prognathic?

prognathic has 3 syllables: prog-na-thic. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for prognathic?

Close synonyms include prognathous, hypognathous. 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 prognathic a common word?

prognathic 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.