synaesthetic

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adjective

experiencing synaesthesia; describing a synaesthete.

“Liz said that her name looks yellow, so I assume she’s synaesthetic.”

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivesynaesthetic (comparative more synaesthetic, superlative most synaesthetic)

comparative more synaesthetic · superlative most synaesthetic · alternative synæsthetic · alternative synesthetic

  1. experiencing synaesthesia; describing a synaesthete.

    Liz said that her name looks yellow, so I assume she’s synaesthetic.

  2. Pertaining to synaesthesia.

    One of the most common synaesthetic effects is to perceive each letter as having a colour.

    1 more example

    Wherever he was, whatever he was doing, he found himself suddenly accosted by some kind of synaesthetic fixation with the woman: hearing the colour of her hair in the mosque, smelling the touch of her hand on the tube, tasting her smile while innocently walking the streets.

    2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 22

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German synästhetisch
  • synästhetischpertaining to synaesthesia or a person experiencing it
Portuguese sinestético, sinestésico
  • sinestéticopertaining to synaesthesia or a person experiencing it
  • sinestésicopertaining to synaesthesia or a person experiencing it
Russian синестети́ческий
  • синестети́ческий (sinestetíčeskij)pertaining to synaesthesia or a person experiencing it
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Chicago

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