protean

Meaning of protean

adjective

Of or relating to Proteus

adjective
  1. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
    His plots and protean characters plunge readers into the world of fable, yet their universal appeal, as this biography shows, is deeply rooted in the particularity of Garcia Marquez’s own idiosyncratic early life...

Information about protean

  • It is an adjective.
  • The plural form of protean is: proteans.
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Hyphenation of protean

pro-tean

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • protean is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

protean synonyms

Meaning :

multiform, polymorphic, polymorphous

Anagrams of protean

AtroPen, operant, pronate, tropane

Words that rhyme with protean

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