bicentennial

Questions about bicentennial

What does bicentennial mean?

bicentennial means "the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bicentennial?

bicentennial has 5 syllables: bi-cen-ten-ni-al. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˌbaɪsɛnˈtɛniəl/.

What is another word for bicentennial?

Close synonyms include bicentenary, bicentenary. 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 bicentennial a common word?

bicentennial 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 bicentennial?

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