abreast

Other forms of abreast

comparative

abreaster·

superlative

abreastest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abreast

What does abreast mean?

abreast means "being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abreast?

abreast has 2 syllables: a-breast. The stress falls on "breast". In IPA it is /əˈbɹɛst/.

What is another word for abreast?

Close synonyms include au courant, au fait, up on. 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 abreast a common word?

abreast 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 abreast?

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