sec

1. 1.

   (of champagne) moderately dry

   Synonymsunsweet

   Similardry

Other forms of sec

plural

secs·

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 sec

What does sec mean?

sec means "1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sec?

sec has 1 syllable: sec. In IPA it is /ˈsɛk/.

What is another word for sec?

Close synonyms include second, s, secant, Securities and Exchange Commission, unsweet. 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 sec a common word?

sec is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 sec?

1 word rhymes with sec. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.