benny

Other forms of benny

plural

bennies·

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 benny

What does benny mean?

benny means "East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benny?

benny has 2 syllables: ben-ny. The stress falls on "ben". In IPA it is /ˈbɛni/.

What is another word for benny?

Close synonyms include sesame, benne, benni, Sesamum indicum, Jack Benny. 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 benny a common word?

benny is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 benny?

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