sessile

What does sessile mean?

sessile means "permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sessile?

sessile has 3 syllables: ses-si-le. The stress falls on "ses".

What is another word for sessile?

Close synonyms include stalkless. 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 sessile?

The recorded antonyms are vagile, pedunculate.

Is sessile a common word?

sessile 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sessile come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.