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Showing words for VICARIOUS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Vicarious

vicarious

8 Letter Words for Vicarious

vicarius

7 Letter Words for Vicarious

carious, coriaus, curiosa, curiosi, various, vicious

6 Letter Words for Vicarious

acorus, ariosi, casiri, corvus, curias, curios, icarus, ovisac, savior, scoria, souari, soucar, varios, vicars, virous, vraics

5 Letter Words for Vicarious

acris, arcus, arius, arvos, ascii, auric, auris, aviso, avoir, avour, cairo, carus, cavus, ciaos, cirio, coirs, coria, cours, cravo, crius, crois, crosa, curas, curia, curio, cursi, irous, isiac, oaric, orcas, orcus, oscar, ousia, rivas, rivos, sacro, savor, scaur, scour, siroc, socii, sorva, uraos, urvas, vacuo, vairs, vario, varus, vicar, vicia, vicua, vicus, virus, visor, voars, vraic

4 Letter Words for Vicarious

acor, acus, airs, aivr, arco, arcs, aris, arui, arvo, asci, asio, asor, avis, avos, cair, cars, caus, cavu, ciao, cira, civs, coir, cora, cors, corv, coua, cour, cris, crus, cuir, cura, curs, icao, iocs, iris, oars, ocas, oras, orca, orcs, osar, ours, ovis, rais, rias, risc, riva, rivo, rocs, rosa, roua, rous, rucs, rusa, saco, saic, sair, sari, saur, scar, scur, siri, siva, soar, soca, soir, sora, sori, sour, srac, suci, sura, surv, suva, urao, uria, uric, ursa, urva, usar, uvas, uvic, vacs, vair, vari, vars, vasu, vaus, vias, vica, visa, voar, vors

3 Letter Words for Vicarious

air, ais, aor, arc, ars, aru, avo, cai, car, cav, cia, cir, cis, civ, cor, cos, cro, crs, cru, csi, cur, cva, iao, ios, iou, ira, irs, iso, iva, oar, oas, oca, oii, ois, ora, orc, ors, osi, oui, our, ous, ova, rai, ras, ria, rio, riv, roc, roi, ros, ruc, sac, sai, sao, sar, sau, sav, sci, scr, sic, sir, soc, sou, sov, sri, sui, sur, svc, uca, ura, urs, usa, uva, vac, var, vas, vau, vcr, via, vic, vii, vis, voc, vor

Definitions for Vicarious

[1] performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
[2] taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.
[3] felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill.
[4] Physiology . noting or pertaining to a situation in which one organ performs part of the functions normally performed by another.
[5] obtained or undergone at second hand through sympathetic participation in another's experiences
[6] suffered, undergone, or done as the substitute for another vicarious punishment
[7] delegated vicarious authority
[8] taking the place of another
[9] pathol (of menstrual bleeding) occurring at an abnormal site See endometriosis

Words related to Vicarious

eventual, indirect, pretended, secondary, surrogate, sympathetic, empathetic, commissioned, deputed, substitutional

Words nearby Vicarious

vicarial, vicariance, vicariant, vicariate, vicariate apostolic, vicarious, vicarious hypertrophy, vicarious menstruation, vicarly, vice, vice admiral

Origin of Vicarious

1630–40; < Latin vicārius substituting, equivalent to vic(is ) (genitive) interchange, alternation (see vice3), + -ārius -ary; see -ous

Other words from Vicarious

vi·car·i·ous·ly , adverb
vi·car·i·ous·ness , vi·car·i·ism , noun
non·vi·car·i·ous , adjective
non·vi·car·i·ous·ly , adverb
non·vi·car·i·ous·ness , noun
un·vi·car·i·ous , adjective
un·vi·car·i·ous·ly , adverb
un·vi·car·i·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Vicarious

C17: from Latin vicārius substituted, from vicis interchange; see vice ³, vicissitude

Synonyms for Vicarious

by proxy, commissioned, delegated, deputed, empathetic, eventual, imagined, indirect, pretended, secondary, substituted, substitutional, surrogate, sympathetic