What does notorious mean?

notorious means "known widely and usually unfavorably".

How many syllables are in notorious?

notorious has 4 syllables: no-to-ri-ous. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /noʊˈtɔɹiəs/.

What is another word for notorious?

Close synonyms include ill-famed, infamous. 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 notorious a common word?

notorious 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 notorious?

2 words rhyme with notorious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Notorious — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
known widely and usually unfavorably
“a notorious gangster”
“the tenderloin district was notorious for vice”
“the infamous Benedict Arnold”
Synonymsill-famed infamous
Similardisreputable

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What does notorious mean?: notorious means "known widely and usually unfavorably".
How many syllables are in notorious?: notorious has 4 syllables: no-to-ri-ous. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /noʊˈtɔɹiəs/.

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