fulsome

Other forms of fulsome

comparative

fulsomer·

superlative

fulsomest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fulsome

What does fulsome mean?

fulsome means "unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech".

How many syllables are in fulsome?

fulsome has 2 syllables: ful-some. The stress falls on "ful". In IPA it is /ˈfʊlsəm/.

What is another word for fulsome?

Close synonyms include buttery, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy. 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 fulsome a common word?

fulsome 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.