thenal

1. 1.

   of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb

   Synonymsthenar

Other forms of thenal

comparative

thenaller·

superlative

thenallest·

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 thenal

What does thenal mean?

thenal means "of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb".

How many syllables are in thenal?

thenal has 2 syllables: the-nal. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for thenal?

Close synonyms include thenar. 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 thenal a common word?

thenal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.