sympatric

1. 1.

   (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas

   Antonymsallopatric

   biology

Questions about sympatric

What does sympatric mean?

sympatric means "(of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas".

How many syllables are in sympatric?

sympatric has 3 syllables and divides as sym-pa-tric under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of sympatric?

The recorded antonyms are allopatric.

Is sympatric a common word?

sympatric 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.