saponaceous

1. 1.

   resembling or having the qualities of soap

   “a soapy consistency”

   Synonymssoapy

Questions about saponaceous

What does saponaceous mean?

saponaceous means "resembling or having the qualities of soap".

How many syllables are in saponaceous?

saponaceous has 5 syllables: sa-po-na-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for saponaceous?

Close synonyms include soapy. 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 saponaceous a common word?

saponaceous 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.