Synonyms of the word polysyllabic


POLYSYLLABICLONG - SESQUIPEDALIAN - SYLLABIC

polysyllabic

  • adj. (of a word) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.
  • adj. (of spoken or written language) Characterized by or consisting of words having numerous syllables.
  • n. A word having more than one syllable.

long

  • adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually…
  • adj. Having great duration.
  • adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
  • adj. (Britain, dialect) Not short; tall.
  • adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim…
  • adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent…
  • adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
  • adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
  • adv. Over a great distance in space.
  • adv. For a particular duration.
  • adv. For a long duration.
  • n. (linguistics) A long vowel.
  • n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short,…
  • n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
  • n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
  • v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
  • v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
  • adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
  • v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
  • n. longitude.

sesquipedalian

  • n. A long word.
  • n. A person who uses long words.
  • adj. (of a word or words) long; polysyllabic.
  • adj. Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.

syllabic

  • adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  • adj. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  • adj. (linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel…
  • adj. Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement…
  • n. (linguistics) A syllabic sound.

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