saintlike

Questions about saintlike

What does saintlike mean?

saintlike means "marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint".

How many syllables are in saintlike?

saintlike has 2 syllables: saint-like. The stress falls on "saint".

What is another word for saintlike?

Close synonyms include angelic, angelical, beatific, saintly, sainted. 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 saintlike a common word?

saintlike 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.