Meaning & use
Multisyllabic
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Having more than one syllable.
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Young readers often stumble over multisyllabic words at first.
The professor's lecture was full of dense, multisyllabic terminology.
A note on using this word
Compare "monosyllabic" (one syllable) and "polysyllabic", which is essentially synonymous with "multisyllabic".
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Words with an opposite meaning
monosyllabic
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