psychiatric

1. 1.

   relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry

   “psychiatric disorder”

   “psychiatric hospital”

   Synonymspsychiatrical

Questions about psychiatric

What does psychiatric mean?

psychiatric means "relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry".

How many syllables are in psychiatric?

psychiatric has 4 syllables: psy-chi-at-ric. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /ˌsaɪkiˈætɹɪk/.

What is another word for psychiatric?

Close synonyms include psychiatrical. 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 psychiatric a common word?

psychiatric is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.