polychronic

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

polychronic

adjective more polychronic · most polychronic

  1. Happening at different times.
  2. of a person Able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. A polychronic person may watch television, surf the Internet and talk on the telephone at the same time.

    Similar: multitasking

  3. Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from monochronic) which does not set a certain time to perform each task.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"polychronic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/polychronic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

polychronic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/polychronic

Chicago

"polychronic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/polychronic.

BibTeX
@misc{polychronic_2026,
  title = {polychronic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/polychronic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}