POLYSYLLABLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A word of more than three syllables

Synonyms:

polysyllabic word; polysyllable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polysyllable" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polysyllable"):

jawbreaker (a word that is hard to pronounce)

sesquipedalia; sesquipedalian (a very long word (a foot and a half long))

Derivation:

polysyllabic ((of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables)

polysyllabic (having or characterized by words of more than three syllables)