What does businesslike mean?

businesslike means "exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in businesslike?

businesslike has 3 syllables: busin-es-slike. The stress falls on "busin". In IPA it is /ˈbɪznɪˌslaɪk/.

What is another word for businesslike?

Close synonyms include earnest. 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 businesslike a common word?

businesslike 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 businesslike?

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

businesslike — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business
Similarefficient
2.
not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
Synonymsearnest
Similarpurposeful

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What does businesslike mean?: businesslike means "exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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