symmetrical

Questions about symmetrical

What does symmetrical mean?

symmetrical means "having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in symmetrical?

symmetrical has 4 syllables: sym-met-ri-cal. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /səˈmɛtɹɪkəl/.

What is another word for symmetrical?

Close synonyms include symmetric, harmonious, proportionate. 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 symmetrical?

The recorded antonyms are asymmetrical.

Is symmetrical a common word?

symmetrical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 symmetrical?

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