silicious

1. 1.

   relating to or containing or resembling silica

   “gritrock is siliceous sandstone”

   Synonymssiliceous

Questions about silicious

What does silicious mean?

silicious means "relating to or containing or resembling silica".

How many syllables are in silicious?

silicious has 4 syllables: si-li-ci-ous. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for silicious?

Close synonyms include siliceous. 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 silicious a common word?

silicious 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.