precarious

Questions about precarious

What does precarious mean?

precarious means "affording no ease or reassurance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in precarious?

precarious has 4 syllables: pre-car-i-ous. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /pɹiˈkɛɹiəs/.

What is another word for precarious?

Close synonyms include unstable, parlous, perilous, touch-and-go, shaky. 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 precarious a common word?

precarious 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 precarious?

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