chesterfield

Other forms of chesterfield

plural

chesterfields·

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 chesterfield

What does chesterfield mean?

chesterfield means "suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chesterfield?

chesterfield has 3 syllables: ches-ter-field. The stress falls on "ches". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɛstɚˌfild/.

What is another word for chesterfield?

Close synonyms include Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope. 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 chesterfield a common word?

chesterfield 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 chesterfield?

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