tidal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or caused by tides

   “tidal wave”

Other forms of tidal

comparative

tidaller·

superlative

tidallest·

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 tidal

What does tidal mean?

tidal means "of or relating to or caused by tides".

How many syllables are in tidal?

tidal has 2 syllables: ti-dal. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪdəl/.

Is tidal a common word?

tidal 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 tidal?

1 word rhymes with tidal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.