abdicate

Questions about abdicate

What does abdicate mean?

abdicate means "give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations".

How many syllables are in abdicate?

abdicate has 3 syllables: ab-di-cate. The stress falls on "ab". In IPA it is /ˈæbdəˌkeɪt/.

What is another word for abdicate?

Close synonyms include renounce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abdicate a common word?

abdicate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abdicate?

34 words rhyme with abdicate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.