delicious

1. 1.

   variety of sweet eating apples

   Broadereating apple

   NarrowerGolden DeliciousRed Delicious

Other forms of delicious

plural

deliciouses·

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 delicious

What does delicious mean?

delicious means "greatly pleasing or entertaining". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delicious?

delicious has 3 syllables: de-lic-ious. The stress falls on "lic". In IPA it is /dɪˈlɪʃəs/.

What is another word for delicious?

Close synonyms include delightful, delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious. 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 delicious a common word?

delicious is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with delicious?

1 word rhymes with delicious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.