flaccid

Questions about flaccid

What does flaccid mean?

flaccid means "drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flaccid?

flaccid has 2 syllables: flac-cid. The stress falls on "flac". In IPA it is /ˈflæksɪd/.

What is another word for flaccid?

Close synonyms include soft, flabby. 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 flaccid a common word?

flaccid 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.