benighted

Questions about benighted

What does benighted mean?

benighted means "overtaken by night or darkness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benighted?

benighted has 3 syllables: be-nigh-ted. The stress falls on "nigh". In IPA it is /bɪˈnaɪtɪd/.

What is another word for benighted?

Close synonyms include nighted, dark. 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 benighted a common word?

benighted 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 benighted?

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