anserine

Questions about anserine

What does anserine mean?

anserine means "of or resembling a goose". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anserine?

anserine has 3 syllables: an-se-rine. The stress falls on "an".

What is another word for anserine?

Close synonyms include dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy. 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 anserine a common word?

anserine 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.