synesthesiac
synesthesiac noun: someone with synesthesia.
Noun
synesthesiac (plural synesthesiacs)
- Someone with synesthesia.
- 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.2014, Lee Henderson, The Road Narrows as You Go, Toronto, Ont.: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 43
Adjective
synesthesiac (comparative more synesthesiac, superlative most synesthesiac)
- Of or relating to synesthesia.
- "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.2024 July 28, Alexandra Jacobs, “Book Review: 'Seeing Through,' by Ricky Ian Gordon”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Forms of synesthesiac
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | synesthesiacs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more synesthesiac |
| superlative | most synesthesiac |
Origin of synesthesiac
From synesthesia + -ac.
Questions about synesthesiac
- What does synesthesiac mean?
- Synesthesiac means someone with synesthesia.
- What part of speech is synesthesiac?
- Synesthesiac can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of synesthesiac?
- The plural of synesthesiac is synesthesiacs.
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