What does argillaceous mean?

argillaceous means "resembling or containing clay".

How many syllables are in argillaceous?

argillaceous has 5 syllables: ar-gil-la-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for argillaceous?

Close synonyms include clayey. 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.

What is the opposite of argillaceous?

The recorded antonyms are arenaceous.

Is argillaceous a common word?

argillaceous 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.

argillaceous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
resembling or containing clay
“argillaceous rocks”
Synonymsclayey
Antonymsarenaceous

Questions about argillaceous

What does argillaceous mean?: argillaceous means "resembling or containing clay".
How many syllables are in argillaceous?: argillaceous has 5 syllables: ar-gil-la-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".
What is another word for argillaceous?: Close synonyms include clayey. 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.
What is the opposite of argillaceous?

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

argillaceous

adjective

Questions about argillaceous