tree-living

1. 1.

   inhabiting or frequenting trees

   “arboreal apes”

   Synonymsarborealarboreous

Questions about tree-living

What does tree-living mean?

tree-living means "inhabiting or frequenting trees".

How many syllables are in tree-living?

tree-living has 3 syllables and divides as tree--li-ving 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 tree-living?

Close synonyms include arboreal, arboreous. 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 tree-living a common word?