inflammatory

Questions about inflammatory

What does inflammatory mean?

inflammatory means "characterized or caused by inflammation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inflammatory?

inflammatory has 5 syllables: in-flam-ma-to-ry. The stress falls on "flam". In IPA it is /ɪnˈflæməˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for inflammatory?

Close synonyms include incendiary, incitive, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious. 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 inflammatory a common word?

inflammatory 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.

What rhymes with inflammatory?

59 words rhyme with inflammatory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.