catchword

Other forms of catchword

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catchwords·

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.

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What does catchword mean?

catchword means "a favorite saying of a sect or political group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in catchword?

catchword has 2 syllables: catch-word. The stress falls on "catch". In IPA it is /ˈkætʃˌwɝd/.

What is another word for catchword?

Close synonyms include motto, slogan, shibboleth, guide word, guideword. 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 catchword a common word?

catchword 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 catchword?

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