'Polysyllable' definitions:
Definition of 'polysyllable'
From: WordNet
noun
A word of more than three syllables [syn: polysyllable, polysyllabic word]
Definition of 'Polysyllable'
From: GCIDE
- Polysyllable \Pol"y*syl`la*ble\, n. [Poly- + syllable.] A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'polysyllable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antonym,
- articulation,
- expression,
- free form,
- grandiloquence,
- hard word,
- homograph,
- homonym,
- homophone,
- jawbreaker,
- lexeme,
- lexiphanicism,
- linguistic form,
- locution,
- logos,
- long word,
- metonym,
- minimum free form,
- monosyllable,
- sesquipedalian,
- syllable,
- synonym,
- term,
- usage,
- utterance,
- verbalism,
- verbum,
- vocable,
- word