relic

Other forms of relic

plural

relics·

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 relic

What does relic mean?

relic means "an antiquity that has survived from the distant past". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in relic?

relic has 2 syllables: rel-ic. The stress falls on "rel". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛlɪk/.

What is another word for relic?

Close synonyms include keepsake, souvenir, token. 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 relic a common word?

relic 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.