beheading

Questions about beheading

What does beheading mean?

beheading means "execution by cutting off the victim's head". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beheading?

beheading has 3 syllables: be-head-ing. The stress falls on "head". In IPA it is /bɪˈhɛdɪŋ/.

What is another word for beheading?

Close synonyms include decapitation, decapitation. 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 beheading a common word?

beheading 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.

What rhymes with beheading?

1 word rhymes with beheading. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.