What does "polysyllable" mean?

A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.

What is a synonym for "polysyllable"?

Common synonyms include: antonym, articulation, expression, free form, grandiloquence, hard word.

noun

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Noun

1
A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.
"For instance, words can differ in length, and we can rhyme a monosyllable with a polysyllable, like tracks with haversacks."
2
a word of more than three syllables wordnet

"For instance, words can differ in length, and we can rhyme a monosyllable with a polysyllable, like tracks with haversacks."

From poly- + syllable.

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