ungregarious

Questions about ungregarious

What does ungregarious mean?

ungregarious means "(of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ungregarious?

ungregarious has 5 syllables and divides as un-gre-ga-ri-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 the opposite of ungregarious?

The recorded antonyms are gregarious, gregarious.

Is ungregarious a common word?

ungregarious 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.