vomitive

Questions about vomitive

What does vomitive mean?

vomitive means "a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting".

How many syllables are in vomitive?

vomitive has 3 syllables and divides as vo-mi-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for vomitive?

Close synonyms include emetic, vomit, nauseant. 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 vomitive a common word?

vomitive 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.