Meanings
adjectiveholophrastic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesConsisting of a single word, such as "Go." or "Whatever."
- not comparablehuman sciencesPertaining to the stage of language development where a child produces simple one-word utterances.
Origin
holo- (“whole”) + phrastic (“meaning of a sentence”)
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Icelandic setningarorð
- setningarorðconsisting of a single word
Japanese 一語文の
- 一語文のconsisting of a single word
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with holophrastic
fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
holophrastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holophrastic
MLA
“holophrastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holophrastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holophrastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holophrastic.
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