constabulary

Other forms of constabulary

plural

constabularies·

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 constabulary

What does constabulary mean?

constabulary means "the force of policemen and officers".

How many syllables are in constabulary?

constabulary has 5 syllables: con-stab-u-lar-y. The stress falls on "stab". In IPA it is /kənˈstæbjəˌlɛɹi/.

What is another word for constabulary?

Close synonyms include police, police force, law. 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 constabulary a common word?

constabulary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 constabulary?

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