anointing

Questions about anointing

What does anointing mean?

anointing means "the act of applying oil or an oily liquid".

How many syllables are in anointing?

anointing has 3 syllables and divides as a-noin-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for anointing?

Close synonyms include anointment. 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 anointing a common word?

anointing 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.