benign

Other forms of benign

comparative

benigner·

superlative

benignest·

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 benign

What does benign mean?

benign means "not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benign?

benign has 2 syllables: be-nign. The stress falls on "nign". In IPA it is /bɪˈnaɪn/.

What is another word for benign?

Close synonyms include benignant. 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 benign?

The recorded antonyms are malignant, malign.

Is benign a common word?

benign is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with benign?

5 words rhyme with benign. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.