proportional

Other forms of proportional

plural

proportionals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proportional

What does proportional mean?

proportional means "properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proportional?

proportional has 4 syllables: pro-por-tio-nal. The stress falls on "por". In IPA it is /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəl/.

What is another word for proportional?

Close synonyms include relative. 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 proportional a common word?

proportional is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.