effusive

Questions about effusive

What does effusive mean?

effusive means "uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in effusive?

effusive has 3 syllables: ef-fu-sive. The stress falls on "ef". In IPA it is /ˈɛfjusɪv/.

What is another word for effusive?

Close synonyms include burbling, burbly, gushing, gushing, gushy. 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 effusive a common word?

effusive 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.