anachronism

Other forms of anachronism

plural

anachronisms·

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 anachronism

What does anachronism mean?

anachronism means "something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anachronism?

anachronism has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /əˈnækɹəˌnɪzəm/.

What is another word for anachronism?

Close synonyms include mistiming, misdating. 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 anachronism a common word?

anachronism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 anachronism?

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