bilious

Questions about bilious

What does bilious mean?

bilious means "relating to or containing bile". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bilious?

bilious has 3 syllables: bil-i-ous. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /ˈbɪliəs/.

What is another word for bilious?

Close synonyms include biliary, liverish, livery, atrabilious, dyspeptic. 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 bilious a common word?

bilious 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.