innocuous

Questions about innocuous

What does innocuous mean?

innocuous means "not injurious to physical or mental health". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in innocuous?

innocuous has 4 syllables: in-no-cu-ous. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnɑkjuəs/.

What is another word for innocuous?

Close synonyms include unobjectionable, innocent. 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.

What is the opposite of innocuous?

The recorded antonyms are noxious.

Is innocuous a common word?

innocuous 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.