acidulent

1. 1.

   being sour to the taste

   Synonymsacidicacidacidulous

   Similarsour

Questions about acidulent

What does acidulent mean?

acidulent means "being sour to the taste".

How many syllables are in acidulent?

acidulent has 4 syllables: a-ci-du-lent. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for acidulent?

Close synonyms include acidic, acid, acidulous. 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 acidulent a common word?

acidulent 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.