vermiform

1. 1.

   resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical

   Synonymsworm-shaped

   Similarformed

Questions about vermiform

What does vermiform mean?

vermiform means "resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical".

How many syllables are in vermiform?

vermiform has 3 syllables: ver-mi-form. The stress falls on "ver".

What is another word for vermiform?

Close synonyms include worm-shaped. 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 vermiform a common word?

vermiform 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.