bulbous

Other forms of bulbous

comparative

bulbouser·

superlative

bulbousest·

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 bulbous

What does bulbous mean?

bulbous means "shaped like a bulb". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bulbous?

bulbous has 2 syllables: bul-bous. The stress falls on "bul". In IPA it is /ˈbʌlbəs/.

What is another word for bulbous?

Close synonyms include bulblike, bulb-shaped, bellied, bellying, bulging. 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 bulbous a common word?

bulbous 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.