lustrous

Other forms of lustrous

comparative

lustrouser·

superlative

lustrousest·

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 lustrous

What does lustrous mean?

lustrous means "made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lustrous?

lustrous has 2 syllables: lus-trous. The stress falls on "lus". In IPA it is /ˈlʌstɹəs/.

What is another word for lustrous?

Close synonyms include bright, burnished, shining, shiny, glistening. 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 lustrous a common word?

lustrous 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.