cadaveric

1. 1.

   of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

   “we had long anticipated his cadaverous end”

   Synonymscadaverous

Questions about cadaveric

What does cadaveric mean?

cadaveric means "of or relating to a cadaver or corpse".

How many syllables are in cadaveric?

cadaveric has 4 syllables: ca-da-ve-ric. The stress falls on "ve".

What is another word for cadaveric?

Close synonyms include cadaverous. 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 cadaveric a common word?

cadaveric 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.