bowtie

Questions about bowtie

What does bowtie mean?

bowtie means "a man's tie that ties in a bow".

How many syllables are in bowtie?

bowtie has 2 syllables: bow-tie. The stress falls on "bow".

What is another word for bowtie?

Close synonyms include bow tie, bow-tie. 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 bowtie a common word?

bowtie 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.