prosaic

Questions about prosaic

What does prosaic mean?

prosaic means "not fanciful or imaginative". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prosaic?

prosaic has 3 syllables: pro-sa-ic. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈzeɪɪk/.

What is another word for prosaic?

Close synonyms include matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosy, earthbound, commonplace. 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 prosaic a common word?

prosaic 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.

What rhymes with prosaic?

1 word rhymes with prosaic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.