unguent

Other forms of unguent

plural

unguents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unguent

What does unguent mean?

unguent means "semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation".

How many syllables are in unguent?

unguent has 2 syllables: un-guent. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unguent?

Close synonyms include ointment, unction, balm, salve. 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 unguent a common word?

unguent 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.