baldness

Questions about baldness

What does baldness mean?

baldness means "the condition of having no hair on the top of the head".

How many syllables are in baldness?

baldness has 2 syllables: bald-ness. The stress falls on "bald". In IPA it is /ˈbɔldnəs/.

What is another word for baldness?

Close synonyms include phalacrosis. 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 baldness a common word?

baldness 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.