aquatic
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
About or made up of or being in water.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
əkˈwɑtɪk
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
Relating to or consisting of or being in water
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
Operating or living or growing in water
noun
Any aquatic plant.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
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This meaning: Relating to or consisting of or being in water
Used this way, aquatic is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use aquatic
- “An aquatic environment.”adjective
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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Sports that involve bodies of water.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Whales and dolphins.
A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth.
Animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water.
Ferns that grow in water.
Wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water.
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Aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers.
Aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers.
Small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers.
Perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food.
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