acetous

1. 1.

   tasting or smelling like vinegar

   Synonymsacetosevinegaryvinegarish

   Similarsour

Questions about acetous

What does acetous mean?

acetous means "tasting or smelling like vinegar".

How many syllables are in acetous?

acetous has 3 syllables: a-ce-tous. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for acetous?

Close synonyms include acetose, vinegary, vinegarish. 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 acetous a common word?

acetous 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.