allegiance

Other forms of allegiance

plural

allegiances·

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 allegiance

What does allegiance mean?

allegiance means "the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in allegiance?

allegiance has 3 syllables: al-le-giance. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /əˈlidʒəns/.

What is another word for allegiance?

Close synonyms include commitment, loyalty, dedication, fealty. 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 allegiance a common word?

allegiance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.