clannish

Other forms of clannish

comparative

clannisher·

superlative

clannishest·

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 clannish

What does clannish mean?

clannish means "characteristic of a clan especially in being unified". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clannish?

clannish has 2 syllables: clan-nish. The stress falls on "clan". In IPA it is /ˈklænɪʃ/.

What is another word for clannish?

Close synonyms include cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby. 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 clannish a common word?

clannish 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.