compromise

1. 1.

   a middle way between two extremes

   Synonymsvia media

   Broadercooperation
2. 2.

   an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

   “the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'”

   Broaderaccommodation

   NarrowerMissouri Compromise

Other forms of compromise

plural

compromises·

past tense

compromised·

present participle

compromising·

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 compromise

What does compromise mean?

compromise means "make a compromise; arrive at a compromise". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in compromise?

compromise has 3 syllables: com-pro-mise. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/.

What is another word for compromise?

Close synonyms include via media. 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 compromise a common word?

compromise is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 compromise?

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