serial

1. 1.

   a serialized set of programs

   “a comedy series”

   “the Masterworks concert series”

   Synonymsseries

   Broaderbroadcast

   Narrowersoap operatetralogy

   Partsepisode
2. 2.

   a periodical that appears at scheduled times

   Synonymsseriesserial publication

   Broaderperiodical

   Narrowersemiweeklyweeklysemimonthlymonthlyquarterlybimonthlybiweekly

Other forms of serial

plural

serials·

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 serial

What does serial mean?

serial means "in regular succession without gaps". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in serial?

serial has 3 syllables: ser-i-al. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /ˈsɪˌɹiəl/.

What is another word for serial?

Close synonyms include consecutive, sequent, sequential, successive, in series. 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 serial a common word?

serial 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 serial?

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