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 and divides as un-guent 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 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.