schismatic

1. 1.

   of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism

   “schismatic sects”

   Synonymsschismatical

Questions about schismatic

What does schismatic mean?

schismatic means "of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism".

How many syllables are in schismatic?

schismatic has 3 syllables: schi-sma-tic. The stress falls on "sma".

What is another word for schismatic?

Close synonyms include schismatical. 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 schismatic a common word?

schismatic 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.