Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Ionic
Find the word that fits

Ionic: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Ionic

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
45 useful connections shown 4 reviewed relationships and 41 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Derivationally related 2

Ion 74% connected

One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Ion 74% connected

One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words

Pertains to 1

Ion 66% connected

One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that this form pertains to the related lexical concept.

Definition Compare both words

Synonym 1

Attic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Adoption noun · 78% connection

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Borrowing noun · 78% connection

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Classical adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Classical Greek noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Combination noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Combining noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Combining form noun · 78% connection

a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Compounding noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Descriptor noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Erudite adjective · 78% connection

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
form noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Graeco-Roman adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Greco-Roman adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Greek noun · 78% connection

the Greek language as spoken and written today

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Hellenic adjective · 78% connection

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Hellenistic adjective · 78% connection

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Hellenistical adjective · 78% connection

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Ionic dialect noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Greek and Latin origins.
Definition Compare
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

-ory unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Aeolian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Agonistical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnat…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Anglican adjective · 78% connection

English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Bulbar adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralys…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Curule adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Ephesian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Equatorial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Formic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Fulmiaic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulmini…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
Glacial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ionia, ionians.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary