felonious

1. 1.

   involving or being or having the nature of a crime

   “a criminal offense”

   “criminal abuse”

   “felonious intent”

   Synonymscriminal

   Similarillegal

Questions about felonious

What does felonious mean?

felonious means "involving or being or having the nature of a crime".

How many syllables are in felonious?

felonious has 4 syllables: fe-lo-ni-ous. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /fɛˈloʊniəs/.

What is another word for felonious?

Close synonyms include criminal. 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 felonious a common word?

felonious 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.