Words that end in -ous
English words ending in -ous, grouped by number of syllables. Great for rhymes and spelling practice.
1 syllable 4
- nous nous
- sous sous
- yous yous
- thous thous
2 syllables 61
- famous fa-mous
- nervous nerv-ous
- gorgeous gor-geous
- precious pre-cious
- jealous jeal-ous
- conscious con-scious
- anxious anx-ious
- vicious vi-cious
- righteous right-eous
- cautious cau-tious
- gracious gra-cious
- monstrous mon-strous
- spacious spa-cious
- porous po-rous
- joyous joy-ous
- pious pi-ous
- heinous hei-nous
- grievous griev-ous
- wondrous won-drous
- callous cal-lous
- nauseous nau-seous
- pompous pomp-ous
- luscious lus-cious
- zealous zeal-ous
- fibrous fi-brous
- viscous vis-cous
- venous ve-nous
- noxious nox-ious
- raucous rau-cous
- ferrous fer-rous
- mucous mu-cous
- bulbous bulb-ous
- lustrous lus-trous
- scrumptious scrump-tious
- squamous squa-mous
- couscous cous-cous
- sinuous sin-uous
- specious spe-cious
- fractious frac-tious
- serous se-rous
- beauteous beau-teous
- unctuous unc-tuous
- scabrous sca-brous
- leprous lep-rous
- bounteous boun-teous
- gibbous gib-bous
- parlous par-lous
- piteous pit-eous
- hydrous hy-drous
- vinous vi-nous
- estrous es-trous
- congruous con-gruous
- bumptious bump-tious
- factious fac-tious
- carious car-ious
- nacreous na-creous
- plenteous plen-teous
- bayous bay-ous
- captious cap-tious
- cumbrous cum-brous
- ligneous lig-neous
3 syllables 220
- various var-i-ous
- serious se-ri-ous
- previous pre-vi-ous
- religious re-li-gious
- dangerous dan-ger-ous
- numerous nu-mer-ous
- obvious ob-vi-ous
- curious cu-ri-ous
- delicious de-li-cious
- enormous e-nor-mous
- generous gen-er-ous
- suspicious sus-pi-cious
- fabulous fab-u-lous
- glorious glo-ri-ous
- tremendous tre-men-dous
- furious fu-ri-ous
- ambitious am-bi-tious
- unconscious un-con-scious
- prestigious pres-tig-ious
- infectious in-fec-tious
- outrageous out-ra-geous
- infamous in-fa-mous
- hazardous haz-ard-ous
- disastrous dis-as-trous
- rigorous rig-or-ous
- malicious ma-li-cious
- humorous hu-mor-ous
- prosperous pros-per-ous
- courageous cou-ra-geous
- contagious con-ta-gious
- poisonous poi-son-ous
- marvelous mar-vel-ous
- glamorous glam-or-ous
- tedious te-di-ous
- dubious du-bi-ous
- vigorous vig-or-ous
- hideous hid-e-ous
- horrendous hor-ren-dous
- populous pop-u-lous
- ominous om-i-nous
- subconscious sub-con-scious
- mountainous moun-tain-ous
- obnoxious ob-nox-ious
- murderous mur-der-ous
- rebellious re-bel-lious
- ingenious in-gen-ious
- ludicrous lu-di-crous
- rendezvous ren-dez-vous
- treacherous treach-er-ous
- contentious con-ten-tious
- scandalous scan-da-lous
- fictitious fic-ti-tious
- luminous lu-mi-nous
- virtuous vir-tu-ous
- cretaceous cre-ta-ceous
- envious en-vi-ous
- frivolous friv-o-lous
- ferocious fe-ro-cious
- courteous cour-te-ous
- arduous ar-du-ous
- nutritious nu-tri-tious
- perilous per-i-lous
- pretentious pre-ten-tious
- aqueous a-que-ous
- cancerous can-cer-ous
- mischievous mis-chie-vous
- atrocious a-tro-cious
- strenuous stren-u-ous
- momentous mo-men-tous
- copious co-pi-ous
- egregious e-gre-gious
- auspicious aus-pi-cious
- venomous ven-om-ous
- tenacious te-na-cious
- devious de-vi-ous
- sumptuous sump-tu-ous
- tenuous ten-u-ous
- synchronous syn-chro-nous
- posthumous post-hu-mous
- spurious spu-ri-ous
- amorphous a-mor-phous
- audacious au-da-cious
- gaseous gas-e-ous
- onerous on-er-ous
- prodigious pro-di-gious
- pernicious per-ni-cious
- boisterous bois-ter-ous
- precocious pre-co-cious
- blasphemous blas-phe-mous
- villainous vil-lain-ous
- igneous ig-ne-ous
- capricious ca-pri-cious
- herbaceous her-ba-ceous
- sensuous sen-su-ous
- stupendous stu-pen-dous
- flirtatious flir-ta-tious
- odious o-di-ous
- thunderous thun-der-ous
- voracious vo-ra-cious
- amorous am-o-rous
- ravenous rav-en-ous
- cavernous cav-ern-ous
- nebulous neb-u-lous
- humongous hu-mon-gous
- ruinous ru-in-ous
- judicious ju-di-cious
- treasonous trea-son-ous
- vivacious vi-va-cious
- traitorous trai-tor-ous
- tortuous tor-tu-ous
- fallacious fal-la-cious
- seditious se-di-tious
- impetuous im-pet-uous
- calcareous cal-car-eous
- scrupulous scru-pu-lous
- torturous tor-tu-rous
- chivalrous chiv-al-rous
- barbarous bar-ba-rous
- desirous de-sir-ous
- studious stu-di-ous
- vacuous vac-u-ous
- facetious fa-ce-tious
- phosphorous phos-pho-rous
- riotous ri-ot-ous
- slanderous slan-de-rous
- ponderous pon-der-ous
- vitreous vit-re-ous
- salacious sa-la-cious
- litigious li-ti-gious
- anhydrous an-hy-drous
- rambunctious ram-bunc-tious
- rapturous rap-tur-ous
- ginormous gi-nor-mous
- rapacious ra-pa-cious
- libelous li-bel-ous
- lecherous lech-er-ous
- sebaceous se-ba-ceous
- curvaceous cur-va-ceous
- credulous cred-u-lous
- dexterous dex-ter-ous
- scurrilous scur-ril-ous
- vexatious vex-a-tious
- sonorous so-no-rous
- glutinous glu-ti-nous
- mutinous mu-ti-nous
- propitious pro-pi-tious
- fatuous fat-u-ous
- gluttonous glut-ton-ous
- bodacious bo-dac-ious
- capacious ca-pa-cious
- unrighteous un-right-eous
- membranous mem-bra-nous
- tuberous tu-ber-ous
- resinous res-in-ous
- assiduous as-sid-uous
- portentous por-ten-tous
- pugnacious pug-na-cious
- salubrious sa-lu-brious
- impious im-pi-ous
- covetous cov-et-ous
- garrulous gar-ru-lous
- loquacious lo-qua-cious
- pendulous pen-du-lous
- perfidious per-fid-ious
- mellifluous mel-lif-luous
- officious of-fi-cious
- licentious li-cen-tious
- mendacious men-da-cious
- uproarious up-roar-ious
- valorous val-or-ous
- bilious bil-i-ous
- tremulous trem-u-lous
- numinous nu-mi-nous
- gangrenous gan-gre-nous
- decorous dec-o-rous
- tendentious ten-den-tious
- odorous o-dor-ous
- siliceous si-li-ceous
- censorious cen-so-rious
- rancorous ran-cor-ous
- languorous lan-guor-ous
- clamorous clam-or-ous
- ungracious un-gra-cious
- nonferrous non-fer-rous
- sulfurous sul-fur-ous
- timorous tim-or-ous
- vaporous va-por-ous
- sagacious sa-ga-cious
- factitious fac-ti-tious
- usurious u-su-rious
- abstemious ab-ste-mious
- cretinous cre-tin-ous
- compendious com-pen-dious
- dolorous dol-or-ous
- euphonious eu-pho-nious
- chitinous chi-tin-ous
- incurious in-cu-rious
- bigamous big-a-mous
- querulous quer-u-lous
- incautious in-cau-tious
- nonporous non-po-rous
- sententious sen-ten-tious
- tumorous tum-o-rous
- larcenous lar-ce-nous
- veracious ve-ra-cious
- scrofulous scrof-u-lous
- spirituous spir-it-uous
- tyrannous tyr-an-nous
- bibulous bib-u-lous
- verminous ver-mi-nous
- perspicuous per-spic-uous
- lubricious lu-bri-cious
- venturous ven-tu-rous
- opprobrious op-pro-brious
- rumbustious rum-bus-tious
- uxorious ux-o-rious
- splendorous splen-dor-ous
- ulcerous ul-cer-ous
- exiguous ex-ig-uous
- caribous car-i-bous
4 syllables 169
- ridiculous ri-dic-u-lous
- hilarious hi-lar-i-ous
- continuous con-tin-u-ous
- anonymous a-non-y-mous
- mysterious mys-te-ri-ous
- indigenous in-dig-e-nous
- autonomous au-ton-o-mous
- notorious no-to-ri-ous
- spontaneous spon-ta-ne-ous
- unanimous u-nan-i-mous
- ambiguous am-big-u-ous
- victorious vic-to-ri-ous
- luxurious lux-u-ri-ous
- synonymous syn-on-y-mous
- adventurous ad-ven-tur-ous
- miraculous mi-rac-u-lous
- ubiquitous u-biq-ui-tous
- analogous a-nal-o-gous
- conspicuous con-spic-u-ous
- advantageous ad-van-ta-geous
- illustrious il-lus-tri-ous
- oblivious o-bliv-i-ous
- precarious pre-car-i-ous
- conscientious con-sci-en-tious
- insidious in-sid-i-ous
- meticulous me-tic-u-lous
- erroneous er-ro-ne-ous
- contiguous con-tig-u-ous
- harmonious har-mo-ni-ous
- superstitious su-per-sti-tious
- intravenous in-tra-ve-nous
- preposterous pre-pos-ter-ous
- unscrupulous un-scru-pu-lous
- amphibious am-phib-i-ous
- innocuous in-noc-u-ous
- tumultuous tu-mul-tu-ous
- deciduous de-cid-u-ous
- nefarious ne-far-i-ous
- superfluous su-per-flu-ous
- endogenous en-dog-e-nous
- eponymous ep-on-y-mous
- delirious de-lir-i-ous
- monotonous mo-not-o-nous
- anomalous a-nom-a-lous
- gratuitous gra-tu-i-tous
- promiscuous pro-mis-cu-ous
- asynchronous a-syn-chro-nous
- impervious im-per-vi-ous
- cutaneous cu-ta-ne-ous
- presumptuous pre-sump-tu-ous
- carnivorous car-niv-o-rous
- monogamous mo-nog-a-mous
- voluminous vo-lu-mi-nous
- incredulous in-cred-u-lous
- laborious la-bo-ri-ous
- extraneous ex-tra-ne-ous
- industrious in-dus-tri-ous
- homologous ho-mol-o-gous
- voluptuous vo-lup-tu-ous
- exogenous ex-og-e-nous
- gregarious gre-gar-i-ous
- androgynous an-drog-y-nous
- overzealous o-ver-zeal-ous
- incongruous in-con-gru-ous
- fortuitous for-tu-i-tous
- ostentatious os-ten-ta-tious
- imperious im-pe-ri-ous
- contemptuous con-temp-tu-ous
- fastidious fas-tid-i-ous
- magnanimous mag-nan-i-mous
- vicarious vi-car-i-ous
- unpretentious un-pre-ten-tious
- injurious in-ju-ri-ous
- melodious me-lo-di-ous
- precipitous pre-cip-i-tous
- efficacious ef-fi-ca-cious
- adulterous a-dul-ter-ous
- coniferous co-nif-er-ous
- gelatinous ge-lat-i-nous
- polygamous po-lyg-a-mous
- tempestuous tem-pes-tu-ous
- lascivious las-civ-i-ous
- vociferous vo-cif-er-ous
- calamitous ca-lam-i-tous
- circuitous cir-cu-i-tous
- inglorious in-glo-ri-ous
- sacrilegious sac-ri-le-gious
- duplicitous du-plic-i-tous
- carbonaceous car-bo-na-ceous
- inauspicious in-aus-pi-cious
- ambidextrous am-bi-dex-trous
- bituminous bi-tu-mi-nous
- cantankerous can-tan-ker-ous
- omnivorous om-niv-or-ous
- dichotomous di-chot-o-mous
- expeditious ex-pe-di-tious
- herbivorous her-biv-o-rous
- filamentous fil-a-men-tous
- surreptitious sur-rep-ti-tious
- irreligious ir-re-li-gious
- repetitious rep-e-ti-tious
- erogenous e-rog-e-nous
- felonious fe-lo-ni-ous
- pseudonymous pseu-don-y-mous
- idolatrous i-dol-a-trous
- obsequious ob-se-qui-ous
- discourteous dis-cour-te-ous
- multifarious mul-ti-far-ious
- invidious in-vid-i-ous
- nonreligious non-re-li-gious
- precancerous pre-can-cer-ous
- solicitous so-lic-i-tous
- nitrogenous ni-trog-e-nous
- avaricious av-a-ri-cious
- iniquitous in-iq-ui-tous
- lugubrious lu-gu-bri-ous
- vertiginous ver-tig-i-nous
- unambitious un-am-bi-tious
- coterminous co-ter-mi-nous
- libidinous li-bid-i-nous
- diaphanous di-aph-a-nous
- adventitious ad-ven-ti-tious
- commodious com-mo-di-ous
- cacophonous ca-coph-o-nous
- viviparous vi-vip-ar-ous
- ingenuous in-gen-u-ous
- vainglorious vain-glo-ri-ous
- ungenerous un-gen-er-ous
- felicitous fe-lic-i-tous
- tuberculous tu-ber-cu-lous
- malodorous mal-o-dor-ous
- ceremonious cer-e-mo-nious
- leguminous le-gu-mi-nous
- punctilious punc-til-i-ous
- semiprecious sem-i-pre-cious
- oviparous o-vip-a-rous
- impecunious im-pe-cu-nious
- perspicacious per-spi-ca-cious
- consanguineous con-san-guin-eous
- cadaverous ca-dav-er-ous
- injudicious in-ju-di-cious
- obstreperous ob-strep-er-ous
- indecorous in-dec-o-rous
- polymorphous pol-y-mor-phous
- meretricious mer-e-tri-cious
- noninfectious non-in-fec-tious
- conterminous con-ter-mi-nous
- noncancerous non-can-cer-ous
- overcautious o-ver-cau-tious
- semiconscious sem-i-con-scious
- penurious pe-nu-ri-ous
- disputatious dis-pu-ta-tious
- polyandrous pol-y-an-drous
- inharmonious in-har-mo-nious
- insalubrious in-sa-lu-brious
- overanxious o-ver-anx-ious
- unpropitious un-pro-pi-tious
- nonvenomous non-ven-om-ous
- contumacious con-tu-ma-cious
- farinaceous far-i-na-ceous
- albuminous al-bu-mi-nous
- calciferous cal-cif-er-ous
- polysemous pol-y-se-mous
- pestiferous pes-tif-er-ous
- necessitous ne-ces-si-tous
- acidulous a-cid-u-lous
- pertinacious per-ti-na-cious
- tautologous tau-tol-o-gous
- misogynous mi-sog-y-nous
5 or more syllables 40
- simultaneous si-mul-ta-ne-ous
- miscellaneous mis-cel-la-ne-ous
- homogeneous ho-mo-ge-ne-ous
- instantaneous in-stan-ta-ne-ous
- heterogeneous het-er-o-ge-neous
- meritorious mer-i-to-ri-ous
- disingenuous dis-in-gen-u-ous
- carboniferous car-bon-if-er-ous
- unambiguous un-am-big-u-ous
- contemporaneous con-tem-po-ra-ne-ous
- subcutaneous sub-cu-ta-ne-ous
- inconspicuous in-con-spic-u-ous
- deleterious del-e-te-ri-ous
- discontinuous dis-con-tin-u-ous
- sanctimonious sanc-ti-mo-ni-ous
- acrimonious ac-ri-mo-ni-ous
- disadvantageous dis-ad-van-ta-geous
- ignominious ig-no-min-i-ous
- serendipitous ser-en-dip-i-tous
- cartilaginous car-ti-lag-i-nous
- parsimonious par-si-mo-ni-ous
- geosynchronous ge-o-syn-chro-nous
- extemporaneous ex-tem-po-ra-neous
- insectivorous in-sec-tiv-o-rous
- supercilious su-per-cil-i-ous
- multitudinous mul-ti-tu-di-nous
- unceremonious un-cer-e-mo-ni-ous
- pusillanimous pu-sil-lan-i-mous
- oleaginous o-le-ag-i-nous
- unadventurous un-ad-ven-tur-ous
- overambitious o-ver-am-bi-tious
- mucilaginous mu-ci-lag-i-nous
- odoriferous o-dor-if-er-ous
- dicotyledonous di-cot-y-le-don-ous
- platitudinous plat-i-tu-di-nous
- monocotyledonous mon-o-cot-y-le-don-ous
- disharmonious dis-har-mo-ni-ous
- pulchritudinous pul-chri-tu-di-nous
- infelicitous in-fe-lic-i-tous
- overgenerous o-ver-gen-er-ous