cordial

1. 1.

   strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

   Synonymsliqueur

   Broaderalcohol

   NarrowerabsinthamarettoanisettebenedictineChartreusecoffee liqueurcreme de cacaocreme de menthecreme de fraiseDrambuie

Other forms of cordial

plural

cordials·

comparative

cordialer·

superlative

cordialest·

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 cordial

What does cordial mean?

cordial means "diffusing warmth and friendliness". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cordial?

cordial has 2 syllables: cor-dial. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹdʒəl/.

What is another word for cordial?

Close synonyms include affable, amiable, genial, liqueur. 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 cordial a common word?

cordial is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.