confucian

1. 1.

   a believer in the teachings of Confucius

   SynonymsConfucianist

   Broaderbeliever

1. 1.

   relating to or characteristic of Confucianism

   “Confucian ethics”

Other forms of confucian

plural

confucians·

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 confucian

What does confucian mean?

confucian means "a believer in the teachings of Confucius". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in confucian?

confucian has 3 syllables: con-fu-cian. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /kənˈfjuʃən/.

What is another word for confucian?

Close synonyms include Confucianist. 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 confucian a common word?

confucian 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.