abrasive

Other forms of abrasive

plural

abrasives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abrasive

What does abrasive mean?

abrasive means "causing abrasion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abrasive?

abrasive has 3 syllables: a-bra-sive. The stress falls on "bra". In IPA it is /əˈbɹeɪsɪv/.

What is another word for abrasive?

Close synonyms include scratchy, harsh, abradant, abrasive material. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abrasive a common word?

abrasive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.