circumnavigate

Questions about circumnavigate

What does circumnavigate mean?

circumnavigate means "travel around, either by plane or ship".

How many syllables are in circumnavigate?

circumnavigate has 5 syllables: cir-cum-nav-i-gate. The stress falls on "nav". In IPA it is /ˌsɝkəmˈnævəˌɡeɪt/.

What is another word for circumnavigate?

Close synonyms include compass. 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 circumnavigate a common word?

circumnavigate 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 circumnavigate?

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