bequest

What does bequest mean?

bequest means "(law) a gift of personal property by will".

How many syllables are in bequest?

bequest has 2 syllables: beq-uest. The stress falls on "uest". In IPA it is /bɪˈkwɛst/.

What is another word for bequest?

Close synonyms include legacy. 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 bequest a common word?

bequest 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 bequest?

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

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bequest come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.