christmastime

Other forms of christmastime

plural

christmastimes·

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 christmastime

What does christmastime mean?

christmastime means "period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6".

How many syllables are in christmastime?

christmastime has 3 syllables: christ-ma-stime. The stress falls on "christ". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪstməˌstaɪm/.

What is another word for christmastime?

Close synonyms include Christmas, Christmastide, Yule, Yuletide, Noel. 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 christmastime a common word?

christmastime 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 christmastime?

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