lissome

Questions about lissome

What does lissome mean?

lissome means "gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease".

How many syllables are in lissome?

lissome has 2 syllables and divides as lis-some 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 lissome?

Close synonyms include lissom, lithe, lithesome, supple, sinuous. 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 lissome a common word?

lissome 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.