salutatory

What does salutatory mean?

salutatory means "an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)".

How many syllables are in salutatory?

salutatory has 5 syllables: sa-lu-ta-to-ry. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for salutatory?

Close synonyms include salutatory address, salutatory oration. 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 salutatory a common word?

salutatory 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for salutatory come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.