bang-up

Questions about bang-up

What does bang-up mean?

bang-up means "very good".

How many syllables are in bang-up?

bang-up has 2 syllables: ban-g-up. The stress falls on "ban".

What is another word for bang-up?

Close synonyms include bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great. 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 bang-up a common word?

bang-up 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.