janus-faced

Questions about janus-faced

What does janus-faced mean?

janus-faced means "having or concerned with polarities or contrasts". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in janus-faced?

janus-faced has 3 syllables and divides as janus--fa-ced under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for janus-faced?

Close synonyms include ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, two-faced. 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 janus-faced a common word?

janus-faced 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.