comrade

Other forms of comrade

plural

comrades·

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 comrade

What does comrade mean?

comrade means "a friend who is frequently in the company of another". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in comrade?

comrade has 2 syllables: com-rade. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmˌɹæd/.

What is another word for comrade?

Close synonyms include companion, fellow, familiar, associate, brother. 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 comrade a common word?

comrade 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 comrade?

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