Home › Words › P › pentasyllablepentasyllablepentasyllable means A pentasyllabic word.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pentasyllable ranks #16,733 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom penta- + syllable.nounA pentasyllabic wordDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pentasyllabic 87% match — Having five syllables. vs pentasyllable →quinquesyllable 71% match — A word of five syllables. vs pentasyllable →pentarsic 70% match — Having five stresses on each line of verse vs pentasyllable →quinquesyllabic 69% match — Having five syllables. vs pentasyllable →hexasyllabic 67% match — Having six syllables. vs pentasyllable →tetrasyllabic 67% match — Having four syllables. vs pentasyllable →heptasyllable 67% match — line of verse with seven syllables vs pentasyllable →octasyllabic 67% match — A word of eight syllables. vs pentasyllable →