actuary

Questions about actuary

What does actuary mean?

actuary means "someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)".

How many syllables are in actuary?

actuary has 4 syllables: ac-tu-ar-y. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ˈæktʃuˈɛˌɹi/.

What is another word for actuary?

Close synonyms include statistician. 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 actuary a common word?

actuary 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 actuary?

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