What does cavernous mean?

cavernous means "being or suggesting a cavern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cavernous?

cavernous has 3 syllables: cav-er-nous. The stress falls on "cav". In IPA it is /ˈkævɚnəs/.

What is another word for cavernous?

Close synonyms include erectile. 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 cavernous a common word?

cavernous 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.

cavernous — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
being or suggesting a cavern
“vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone”
Similarhollow
2.
filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
“erectile tissue”
“the penis is an erectile organ”
Synonymserectile
Similarexpansive
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