bikini

Questions about bikini

What does bikini mean?

bikini means "an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bikini?

bikini has 3 syllables: bi-ki-ni. The stress falls on "ki". In IPA it is /bɪˈkini/.

What is another word for bikini?

Close synonyms include two-piece. 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 bikini a common word?

bikini is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 bikini?

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