sectarian

Other forms of sectarian

plural

sectarians·

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 sectarian

What does sectarian mean?

sectarian means "of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sectarian?

sectarian has 4 syllables: sec-tar-i-an. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /sɛkˈtɛɹiən/.

What is another word for sectarian?

Close synonyms include sectary, sectarist. 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.

What is the opposite of sectarian?

The recorded antonyms are nonsectarian.

Is sectarian a common word?

sectarian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 sectarian?

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