bumblebee

Questions about bumblebee

What does bumblebee mean?

bumblebee means "robust hairy social bee of temperate regions".

How many syllables are in bumblebee?

bumblebee has 3 syllables: bum-ble-bee. The stress falls on "bum". In IPA it is /ˈbʌmbəlˌbi/.

What is another word for bumblebee?

Close synonyms include humblebee. 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 bumblebee a common word?

bumblebee is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 bumblebee?

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