curvaceous

Questions about curvaceous

What does curvaceous mean?

curvaceous means "(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves".

How many syllables are in curvaceous?

curvaceous has 4 syllables and divides as cur-va-ce-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for curvaceous?

Close synonyms include bosomy, busty, buxom, curvy, full-bosomed. 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 curvaceous a common word?

curvaceous 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.