unsavory

Questions about unsavory

What does unsavory mean?

unsavory means "morally offensive". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unsavory?

unsavory has 4 syllables: un-sa-vo-ry. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /ənˈseɪvɚi/.

What is another word for unsavory?

Close synonyms include unsavoury, offensive, distasteful, unsavoury. 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.

What is the opposite of unsavory?

The recorded antonyms are savory.

Is unsavory a common word?

unsavory 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.

What rhymes with unsavory?

1 word rhymes with unsavory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.