usurious

Questions about usurious

What does usurious mean?

usurious means "greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation".

How many syllables are in usurious?

usurious has 4 syllables: u-su-ri-ous. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for usurious?

Close synonyms include exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable. 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 usurious a common word?

usurious 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.