lubricious

Questions about lubricious

What does lubricious mean?

lubricious means "having a smooth or slippery quality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lubricious?

lubricious has 3 syllables: lu-bric-ious. The stress falls on "bric". In IPA it is /luˈbɹɪʃəs/.

What is another word for lubricious?

Close synonyms include lustful, prurient, salacious. 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 lubricious a common word?

lubricious 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.