farinaceous

1. 1.

   resembling starch

   Synonymsstarchlikeamylaceousamyloidamyloidal

   Similarstarchy
2. 2.

   composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

   “granular sugar”

   “the photographs were grainy and indistinct”

   “it left a mealy residue”

   Synonymscoarse-grainedgrainygranulargranulosegrittymealy

   Similarcoarse

Questions about farinaceous

What does farinaceous mean?

farinaceous means "resembling starch". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in farinaceous?

farinaceous has 5 syllables and divides as fa-ri-na-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 farinaceous?

Close synonyms include starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, coarse-grained. 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 farinaceous a common word?

farinaceous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.