ali

Other forms of ali

plural

alis·

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 ali

What does ali mean?

ali means "United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ali?

ali has 2 syllables: a-li. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈɑli/.

What is another word for ali?

Close synonyms include Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay. 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 ali a common word?

ali is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 ali?

1 word rhymes with ali. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.