religiousness

Questions about religiousness

What does religiousness mean?

religiousness means "piety by virtue of being devout". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in religiousness?

religiousness has 5 syllables and divides as re-li-gi-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 religiousness?

Close synonyms include devoutness. 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 religiousness a common word?

religiousness 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.