brainwash

Questions about brainwash

What does brainwash mean?

brainwash means "persuade completely, often through coercion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brainwash?

brainwash has 2 syllables: brain-wash. The stress falls on "brain". In IPA it is /ˈbɹeɪnˌwɑʃ/.

Is brainwash a common word?

brainwash 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 brainwash?

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