raptorial

Questions about raptorial

What does raptorial mean?

raptorial means "relating to or characteristic of birds of prey". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raptorial?

raptorial has 4 syllables: rap-to-ri-al. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌɹæpˈtɔɹiəl/.

What is another word for raptorial?

Close synonyms include predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous. 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 raptorial a common word?

raptorial 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.

What rhymes with raptorial?

12 words rhyme with raptorial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.