Lionesque

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of leonine.

    "The Psalms provided the Gnostics with the source of this portrait of the creator as lionesque, enabling them to identify him as an erotic, lion-headed leader of the animal-like archons."

Synonyms

All synonyms
leoninelionly

Example

More examples

"The Psalms provided the Gnostics with the source of this portrait of the creator as lionesque, enabling them to identify him as an erotic, lion-headed leader of the animal-like archons."

Etymology

From lion + -esque. Piecewise doublet of lionish.

More for "lionesque"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.