What does merciful mean?

merciful means "showing or giving mercy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in merciful?

merciful has 3 syllables: mer-ci-ful. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ˈmɝsɪfəl/.

What is the opposite of merciful?

The recorded antonyms are merciless.

Is merciful a common word?

merciful 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.

What rhymes with merciful?

1 word rhymes with merciful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

merciful — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
showing or giving mercy
“sought merciful treatment for the captives”
“a merciful god”
Antonymsmerciless
2.
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
“our merciful king”
Similargracious

Questions about merciful

What does merciful mean?: merciful means "showing or giving mercy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in merciful?: merciful has 3 syllables: mer-ci-ful. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ˈmɝsɪfəl/.

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