What does supersonic mean?

supersonic means "(of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supersonic?

supersonic has 4 syllables: su-per-so-nic. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˌsupɚˈsɑnɪk/.

What is another word for supersonic?

Close synonyms include ultrasonic. 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 supersonic?

The recorded antonyms are sonic, subsonic.

Is supersonic a common word?

supersonic 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 supersonic?

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

supersonic — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
(of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air)
“a supersonic bomber flies so fast that it must release its bombs while the target is still over the horizon”
Antonymssonic subsonic
2.
having frequencies above those of audible sound
Synonymsultrasonic
Similarinaudible

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