polysyllabic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
Related & opposite
- polysyllable derivation
- syllabic similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
sesquipedalian technical terms
Related & opposite
- polysyllable derivation
- sesquipedalian derivation
- sesquipedality derivation
- long similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | polysyllable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | syllabic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polysyllable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sesquipedalian |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sesquipedality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | long |