Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synesthesiac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: synes-the-si-ac
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone with synesthesia.

adj

Of or relating to synesthesia.

Example Sentences

"The students he was hanging out with back then are all millionaire microchip engineers now, but even among them, he was a natural. One of those synesthesiacs who can see math. The PhDs did not love him hovering around."
""If I had my way, the whole world would look like a carnival," writes Gordon, who has a synesthesiac "thing about color," and this book is certainly pinwheels, sideshows and waxy litter scattered on the ground. Very entertaining; a little dizzying."

Etymology

From synesthesia + -ac.

Inflected Forms

synesthesiacs (plural) more synesthesiac (comparative) most synesthesiac (superlative)

Questions

What does synesthesiac mean?: Someone with synesthesia.
Where does synesthesiac come from?: From synesthesia + -ac.

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