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"CYNICS" is a plural of: cynic. |
Date "CYNICS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cynics The chief were Antisthenes of Athens (the founder), Diogenes, Onesicritos, Monimos, Crates and his wife Hipparchia, Metrocles, Menippos, and Menedemos the madman. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CYNICS |
| Specialty definitions using "CYNICS": Menippos. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well, sometimes, even here in Washington, the cynics are wrong. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "CYNICS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CYNICS" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 104 | 31,955 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "CYNICS": euro-cynics. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cynics | 15 |
arm chair cynics | 5 |
cynics sanctuary | 3 |
cynics r us.org | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CYNICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Zyniker (cynic). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ynicscay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"CYNICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ciencias, cinic, cnc, crnic, crynics, cyncism, cyni, cynici, cynicist, cynict, Cynicus, cyniscus, cynnes, cynops, cynos, Cynric, Cynrik, cyonics, Cyriacus, cyric, Cyzicus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CYNICS" (pronounced si"niks) |
| 5 | -i" n i k s | clinics. |
| 4 | -n i k s | avionics, beatniks, calisthenics, conics, electronics, ethnics, eugenics, harmonics, histrionics, ionics, kibbutzniks, mechanics, microelectronics, mnemonics, Nucleonics, onyx, panics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, sonics, sputniks, Technics, tectonics, tonics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, ballistics, basics, batiks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, comics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, italics, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, micrographics, mimics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, oryx, paramedics, Pediatrics, phonetics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, specifics, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-n-s-y" | |
-1 letter: cynic. | |
-2 letters: sync, yins. | |
-3 letters: cis, icy, ins, sic, sin, syn, yin. | |
-4 letters: in, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-n-s-y" | |
+1 letter: cycasin. | |
+2 letters: cryonics, cycasins, cyclings, cynicism, succinyl, syncopic, synectic. | |
+3 letters: concisely, cynicisms, encyclics, glyconics, isopycnic, succinyls, syncretic, syntactic, unicycles. | |
+4 letters: accusingly, cockneyish, cockneyism, conspiracy, cryogenics, incessancy, scenically, succinctly, synchronic, syntactics, unicyclist, viscountcy. | |
+5 letters: actinomyces, antisecrecy, cockneyfies, cockneyisms, consciously, consistency, conspicuity, cybernetics, cyclodienes, cycloserine, discordancy, discrepancy, encyclicals, inconstancy, lincomycins, polyclinics, psychogenic, scorchingly, sufficiency, sycophantic, synecdochic, syntactical, unicyclists. | |
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