pugilistic

1. 1.

   of or relating to pugilism or pugilists

   “a pugilistic career”

Questions about pugilistic

What does pugilistic mean?

pugilistic means "of or relating to pugilism or pugilists".

How many syllables are in pugilistic?

pugilistic has 4 syllables: pu-gi-lis-tic. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /ˌpjudʒəˈlɪstɪk/.

Is pugilistic a common word?

pugilistic 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.

What rhymes with pugilistic?

24 words rhyme with pugilistic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.