Word.ws English Dictionary

duosyllabic

duosyllabic adjective: comprising two syllables; bisyllabic.

Adjective

duosyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Comprising two syllables; bisyllabic.
    Synonyms:
    disyllabic

Synonyms of duosyllabic

Origin of duosyllabic

From duosyllable + -ic.

Questions about duosyllabic

What does duosyllabic mean?
Duosyllabic means comprising two syllables; bisyllabic.
What part of speech is duosyllabic?
Duosyllabic is an adjective.

Words near duosyllabic in the dictionary

  1. duopsonists
  2. duopsony
  3. duos
  4. duospace
  5. duospaced
  6. duosyllabic
  7. duosyllable
  8. duosyllables
  9. duotage
  10. duotages
  11. duotang

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: duosyllabic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “duosyllabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/duosyllabic. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.