biohazard

Questions about biohazard

What does biohazard mean?

biohazard means "hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in biohazard?

biohazard has 4 syllables: bi-o-haz-ard. The stress falls on "haz". In IPA it is /ˌbaɪoʊˈhæzɚd/.

What is another word for biohazard?

Close synonyms include biological agent. 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 biohazard a common word?

biohazard 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 biohazard?

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