synesthesiac

English

Etymology

From synesthesia +‎ -ac.

Noun

synesthesiac (plural synesthesiacs)

  1. Someone with synesthesia.
    • 2014, Lee Henderson, The Road Narrows as You Go, Toronto, Ont.: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 43:
      The students he was hanging out with back then are all millionaire microchip engineers now, but even among them, he was a natural. One of those synesthesiacs who can see math. The PhDs did not love him hovering around.

Adjective

synesthesiac (comparative more synesthesiac, superlative most synesthesiac)

  1. Of or relating to synesthesia.
    • 2024 July 28, Alexandra Jacobs, “Book Review: 'Seeing Through,' by Ricky Ian Gordon”, in The New York Times Book Review‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 October 2024:
      "If I had my way, the whole world would look like a carnival," writes Gordon, who has a synesthesiac "thing about color," and this book is certainly pinwheels, sideshows and waxy litter scattered on the ground. Very entertaining; a little dizzying.
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