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Synonyms for pendulous

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Hanging from, or as if from, a support.

Related words

Word family
pendant

Example sentences

  • nodding You were nodding off at times during my lecture.
  • drooping The heads of the flowers in the garden were drooping.
  • hanging There was a photograph of Tom hanging on the wall.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pendulousfalling
noddingrising
droopingrising
cernuousfalling
hangingrising
pendentfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
hanging2, nodding2, pendent, pensile
8 letters
drooping2, cernuous
9 letters
suspended3, pendulose

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hanging2 = 2 syllables).