washingtonian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington
2. 2.

   of or relating to the people who run the federal government

   “Washingtonian politics as usual”
3. 3.

   of or relating to the capital of the United States

   “Washingtonian museums”
4. 4.

   of or relating to or in the state of Washington

1. 1.

   a native or resident of the city of Washington

   BroaderAmerican
2. 2.

   a native or resident of the state of Washington

   BroaderAmerican

Other forms of washingtonian

plural

washingtonians·

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 washingtonian

What does washingtonian mean?

washingtonian means "of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in washingtonian?

washingtonian has 5 syllables: wa-shing-to-ni-an. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊniən/.

Is washingtonian a common word?

washingtonian 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.

What rhymes with washingtonian?

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