venal

1. 1.

   capable of being corrupted

   “corruptible judges”

   “dishonest politicians”

   “a purchasable senator”

   “a venal police officer”

   Synonymscorruptiblebribabledishonestpurchasable

   Similarcorrupt

Other forms of venal

comparative

venaller·

superlative

venallest·

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 venal

What does venal mean?

venal means "capable of being corrupted".

How many syllables are in venal?

venal has 2 syllables: ve-nal. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /ˈvinəl/.

What is another word for venal?

Close synonyms include corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable. 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 venal a common word?

venal 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.