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Synonyms for pulverulent

  • adjective

Most common

dusty powdery pulverous pulveraceous

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.

Related words

Other spellings
pulverulentous pulverulous

Example sentences

  • dusty There were some dusty handprints on Felix's truck.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pulverulentfalling
dustyrising
powderyfalling
pulveroussteady

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

By length

5 letters
dusty2
7 letters
powdery3
9 letters
pulverous
12 letters
pulveraceous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dusty2 = 2 syllables).