sibylline

Questions about sibylline

What does sibylline mean?

sibylline means "resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sibylline?

sibylline has 3 syllables: si-byl-line. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for sibylline?

Close synonyms include divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical. 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 sibylline a common word?

sibylline is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.