cherubic

1. 1.

   having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

   “an angelic smile”

   “a cherubic face”

   “looking so seraphic when he slept”

   “a sweet disposition”

   Synonymsangelicangelicalseraphicsweet

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Questions about cherubic

What does cherubic mean?

cherubic means "having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub".

How many syllables are in cherubic?

cherubic has 3 syllables: che-ru-bic. The stress falls on "ru". In IPA it is /tʃɚˈubɪk/.

What is another word for cherubic?

Close synonyms include angelic, angelical, seraphic, sweet. 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 cherubic a common word?

cherubic 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.