What are some opposite words for polysyllabic?
Antonyms for polysyllabic
ˌpɒl i sɪˈlæb ɪkpo·ly·syl·lab·ic
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term polysyllabic.
Wiktionary
polysyllabicnoun
Antonyms:
monosyllabic, brachysyllabicpolysyllabicadjective
Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.
Antonyms:
brachysyllabic, monosyllabicpolysyllabicadjective
Antonyms:
monosyllabic, brachysyllabicpolysyllabicadjective
Synonyms:
multisyllabic
Princeton's WordNet
polysyllabicadjective
having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
Antonyms:
short, nonsyllabic, unsyllabicSynonyms:
sesquipedalianpolysyllabic, sesquipedalianadjective
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
"sesquipedalian technical terms"
Antonyms:
nonsyllabic, unsyllabic, shortSynonyms:
sesquipedalian
How to use polysyllabic in a sentence?
Now it has brinkmanship, and things you wouldn't see before - an 8-year-old spelling a German or polysyllabic word that I've never heard of.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#746 | short | |
#148052 | monosyllabic | |
#271228 | polysyllabic |
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