centenary

Questions about centenary

What does centenary mean?

centenary means "the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in centenary?

centenary has 4 syllables: cen-te-nar-y. The stress falls on "cen". In IPA it is /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/.

What is another word for centenary?

Close synonyms include centennial, centennial. 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 centenary a common word?

centenary 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 centenary?

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