baneful

Questions about baneful

What does baneful mean?

baneful means "exceedingly harmful". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baneful?

baneful has 3 syllables: ba-ne-ful. The stress falls on "ba".

What is another word for baneful?

Close synonyms include deadly, pernicious, pestilent, baleful. 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 baneful a common word?

baneful 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.