ba

Other forms of ba

plural

bas·

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 ba

What does ba mean?

ba means "a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ba?

ba has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌbiˈeɪ/.

What is another word for ba?

Close synonyms include barium, atomic number 56, Bachelor of Arts, Artium Baccalaurens, AB. 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 ba a common word?

ba 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 ba?

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