prejudicious

1. 1.

   tending to favor preconceived ideas

   “the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population”

   Synonymsprejudicial
2. 2.

   (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

   “damaging to career and reputation”

   “the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant”

   Synonymsdamagingdetrimentalprejudicial

   Similarharmful

Questions about prejudicious

What does prejudicious mean?

prejudicious means "tending to favor preconceived ideas". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prejudicious?

prejudicious has 5 syllables: pre-ju-di-ci-ous. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for prejudicious?

Close synonyms include prejudicial, damaging, detrimental, prejudicial. 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 prejudicious a common word?

prejudicious 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.