What does fulgurous mean?

fulgurous means "amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning".

How many syllables are in fulgurous?

fulgurous has 3 syllables: ful-gu-rous. The stress falls on "ful".

What is another word for fulgurous?

Close synonyms include dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant. 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 fulgurous a common word?

fulgurous 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.

fulgurous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
“the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps”
“these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth”
“adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous”
Synonymsdazzling eye-popping fulgurant
Similarimpressive

Questions about fulgurous

What does fulgurous mean?: fulgurous means "amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning".
How many syllables are in fulgurous?: fulgurous has 3 syllables: ful-gu-rous. The stress falls on "ful".
What is another word for fulgurous?: Close synonyms include dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant. 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 fulgurous a common word?: fulgurous 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fulgurous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
“the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps”
“these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth”
“adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous”
Synonymsdazzling eye-popping fulgurant
Similarimpressive

Questions about fulgurous

What does fulgurous mean?: fulgurous means "amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning".
How many syllables are in fulgurous?: fulgurous has 3 syllables: ful-gu-rous. The stress falls on "ful".
What is another word for fulgurous?: Close synonyms include dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant. 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 fulgurous a common word?: fulgurous 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fulgurous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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