What does malignant mean?

malignant means "dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)".

How many syllables are in malignant?

malignant has 3 syllables: ma-lig-nant. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /məˈlɪɡnənt/.

What is the opposite of malignant?

The recorded antonyms are benign.

Is malignant a common word?

malignant 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.

malignant — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
Antonymsbenign
Similarcancerous
pathology

Questions about malignant

What does malignant mean?: malignant means "dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)".
How many syllables are in malignant?: malignant has 3 syllables: ma-lig-nant. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /məˈlɪɡnənt/.
What is the opposite of malignant?: The recorded antonyms are benign.
Is malignant a common word?

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