arboreous

Questions about arboreous

What does arboreous mean?

arboreous means "inhabiting or frequenting trees". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arboreous?

arboreous has 4 syllables and divides as ar-bo-re-ous 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 arboreous?

Close synonyms include arboreal, tree-living, arboraceous, woodsy, woody. 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 arboreous a common word?

arboreous 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.