whiplike

Questions about whiplike

What does whiplike mean?

whiplike means "having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)".

How many syllables are in whiplike?

whiplike has 2 syllables and divides as whi-plike 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 another word for whiplike?

Close synonyms include flagellate, flagellated, lash-like. 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 whiplike a common word?

whiplike 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.