pharisaic

What does pharisaic mean?

pharisaic means "excessively or hypocritically pious".

How many syllables are in pharisaic?

pharisaic has 3 syllables: pha-ri-saic. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for pharisaic?

Close synonyms include holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaical, sanctimonious. 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 pharisaic a common word?

pharisaic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pharisaic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.