promiscuousness

Questions about promiscuousness

What does promiscuousness mean?

promiscuousness means "indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations".

How many syllables are in promiscuousness?

promiscuousness has 5 syllables and divides as pro-mi-scu-ou-sness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for promiscuousness?

Close synonyms include promiscuity, sleeping around. 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 promiscuousness a common word?

promiscuousness 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.