slumberous

Questions about slumberous

What does slumberous mean?

slumberous means "quiet and tranquil". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slumberous?

slumberous has 3 syllables: slum-be-rous. The stress falls on "slum".

What is another word for slumberous?

Close synonyms include slumbrous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent. 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 slumberous a common word?

slumberous 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.