adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A four-syllable metrical unit of light-light-heavy-heavy (‿ ‿ — —) that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.
2. 2
   the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   of, relating to, or containing ions not-comparable
2. 2
   Synonym of Ionian; of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians not-comparable
3. 3
   of an order of classical Greek architecture whose distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. not-comparable
4. 4
   Of or relating to a kind of heavy-faced type. dated, not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions wordnet
2. 2
   of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language wordnet
3. 3
   of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic.

Synonyms

All synonyms

accentanapestarchitecturalatticbeatcadence

Antonyms

All antonyms

nonionic

Example

More examples

"Mercuric nitrate is an ionic compound."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ion + -ic.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἰωνικός (iōnikós, “related to Ionians”).

Related phrases

Ionic modeionic bondionic compoundionic crystalionic liquidionic productionic radiusionic toothbrushionic windnet ionic equationancient greekdoric order

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.