bantam

Other forms of bantam

plural

bantams·

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 bantam

What does bantam mean?

bantam means "any of various small breeds of fowl". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bantam?

bantam has 2 syllables: ban-tam. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbæntəm/.

What is another word for bantam?

Close synonyms include diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny. 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 bantam a common word?

bantam 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.