bodyguard

Other forms of bodyguard

plural

bodyguards·

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 bodyguard

What does bodyguard mean?

bodyguard means "someone who escorts and protects a prominent person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bodyguard?

bodyguard has 3 syllables: bo-dy-guard. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈbɑdiˌɡɑɹd/.

What is another word for bodyguard?

Close synonyms include escort. 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 bodyguard a common word?

bodyguard 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 bodyguard?

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