symmetric

Questions about symmetric

What does symmetric mean?

symmetric means "having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts".

How many syllables are in symmetric?

symmetric has 3 syllables: sym-met-ric. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /səˈmɛtɹɪk/.

What is another word for symmetric?

Close synonyms include symmetrical. 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 symmetric a common word?

symmetric 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.

What rhymes with symmetric?

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