luscious

Other forms of luscious

comparative

lusciouser·

superlative

lusciousest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about luscious

What does luscious mean?

luscious means "having strong sexual appeal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in luscious?

luscious has 2 syllables: lus-cious. The stress falls on "lus". In IPA it is /ˈlʌʃɪs/.

What is another word for luscious?

Close synonyms include juicy, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous, lush. 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 luscious a common word?

luscious is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.