ceremony

Other forms of ceremony

plural

ceremonies·

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 ceremony

What does ceremony mean?

ceremony means "a formal event performed on a special occasion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ceremony?

ceremony has 4 syllables: cer-e-mo-ny. The stress falls on "cer". In IPA it is /ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/.

What is another word for ceremony?

Close synonyms include ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance. 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 ceremony a common word?

ceremony is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 ceremony?

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