venereal

1. 1.

   of or relating to the external sex organs

   “genital herpes”

   “venereal disease”

   Synonymsgenital

Questions about venereal

What does venereal mean?

venereal means "of or relating to the external sex organs".

How many syllables are in venereal?

venereal has 4 syllables: ve-ner-e-al. The stress falls on "ner". In IPA it is /vəˈnɪɹiəl/.

What is another word for venereal?

Close synonyms include genital. 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 venereal a common word?

venereal 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.