symmetry

Other forms of symmetry

plural

symmetries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about symmetry

What does symmetry mean?

symmetry means "(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in symmetry?

symmetry has 3 syllables: sym-me-try. The stress falls on "sym". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmətɹi/.

What is another word for symmetry?

Close synonyms include symmetricalness, correspondence, balance, proportion, isotropy. 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 symmetry?

The recorded antonyms are asymmetry.

Is symmetry a common word?

symmetry 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 symmetry?

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