surgical

Questions about surgical

What does surgical mean?

surgical means "of or relating to or involving or used in surgery". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in surgical?

surgical has 3 syllables: sur-gi-cal. The stress falls on "sur". In IPA it is /ˈsɝdʒɪkəl/.

What is another word for surgical?

Close synonyms include operative. 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 surgical?

The recorded antonyms are nonsurgical, medical.

Is surgical a common word?

surgical 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 surgical?

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