aplomb

1. 1.

   great coolness and composure under strain

   “keep your cool”

   Synonymsassurednesscoolpoisesang-froid

   Broadercomposure

Other forms of aplomb

plural

aplombs·

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 aplomb

What does aplomb mean?

aplomb means "great coolness and composure under strain".

How many syllables are in aplomb?

aplomb has 2 syllables: a-plomb. The stress falls on "plomb". In IPA it is /əˈplɑm/.

What is another word for aplomb?

Close synonyms include assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid. 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 aplomb a common word?

aplomb 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.