putrefacient

1. 1.

   causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

   Synonymsputrefactive

   Similarseptic

Questions about putrefacient

What does putrefacient mean?

putrefacient means "causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction".

How many syllables are in putrefacient?

putrefacient has 4 syllables: pu-tre-fa-cient. The stress falls on "tre".

What is another word for putrefacient?

Close synonyms include putrefactive. 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 putrefacient a common word?

putrefacient 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.