co-opt

Questions about co-opt

What does co-opt mean?

co-opt means "choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in co-opt?

co-opt has 2 syllables: co--opt. The stress falls on "opt". In IPA it is /koʊˈɑpt/.

Is co-opt a common word?

co-opt 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 co-opt?

1 word rhymes with co-opt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.