bugaboo

Other forms of bugaboo

plural

bugaboos·

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 bugaboo

What does bugaboo mean?

bugaboo means "an imaginary monster used to frighten children". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bugaboo?

bugaboo has 3 syllables: bug-a-boo. The stress falls on "bug". In IPA it is /ˈbʌɡəˌbu/.

What is another word for bugaboo?

Close synonyms include bogeyman, bugbear, boogeyman, booger. 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 bugaboo a common word?

bugaboo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 bugaboo?

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