loveliness

Questions about loveliness

What does loveliness mean?

loveliness means "the quality of being good looking and attractive".

How many syllables are in loveliness?

loveliness has 4 syllables and divides as lo-ve-li-ness 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 loveliness?

Close synonyms include comeliness, fairness, beauteousness. 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 loveliness a common word?

loveliness 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.