astride

1. 1.

   with one leg on each side

   “she sat astride the chair”

   Synonymsastraddle
2. 2.

   with the legs stretched far apart

Questions about astride

What does astride mean?

astride means "with one leg on each side". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in astride?

astride has 2 syllables: a-stride. The stress falls on "stride". In IPA it is /əˈstɹaɪd/.

What is another word for astride?

Close synonyms include astraddle. 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 astride a common word?

astride 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 astride?

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