salacious

Questions about salacious

What does salacious mean?

salacious means "characterized by lust". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in salacious?

salacious has 3 syllables: sa-la-cious. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /səˈleɪʃəs/.

What is another word for salacious?

Close synonyms include lubricious, lustful, prurient, lewd, obscene. 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 salacious a common word?

salacious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 salacious?

1 word rhymes with salacious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.