arid

Other forms of arid

comparative

aridder·

superlative

ariddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arid

What does arid mean?

arid means "lacking sufficient water or rainfall". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arid?

arid has 2 syllables: ar-id. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈæɹəd/.

What is another word for arid?

Close synonyms include waterless, desiccate, desiccated. 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 arid a common word?

arid 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.