ambrosial

Questions about ambrosial

What does ambrosial mean?

ambrosial means "extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ambrosial?

ambrosial has 3 syllables: am-bro-sial. The stress falls on "bro". In IPA it is /æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/.

What is another word for ambrosial?

Close synonyms include ambrosian, nectarous, ambrosian. 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 ambrosial a common word?

ambrosial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.