schizophrenic

Other forms of schizophrenic

plural

schizophrenics·

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 schizophrenic

What does schizophrenic mean?

schizophrenic means "suffering from some form of schizophrenia". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in schizophrenic?

schizophrenic has 4 syllables: schiz-oph-ren-ic. The stress falls on "ren". In IPA it is /ˌʃɪzəˈfɹɛnɪk/.

What is another word for schizophrenic?

Close synonyms include schizoid. 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 schizophrenic a common word?

schizophrenic 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.