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 and divides as si-li-ci-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.