diluvian

1. 1.

   of or connected with a deluge

   Synonymsdiluvial

Questions about diluvian

What does diluvian mean?

diluvian means "of or connected with a deluge".

How many syllables are in diluvian?

diluvian has 4 syllables and divides as di-lu-vi-an 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 diluvian?

Close synonyms include diluvial. 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 diluvian a common word?

diluvian 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.