backpack

Other forms of backpack

plural

backpacks·

past tense

backpacked·

present participle

backpacking·

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 backpack

What does backpack mean?

backpack means "a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in backpack?

backpack has 2 syllables: back-pack. The stress falls on "back". In IPA it is /ˈbækˌpæk/.

What is another word for backpack?

Close synonyms include back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack. 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 backpack a common word?

backpack 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 backpack?

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