contempt

Other forms of contempt

plural

contempts·

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 contempt

What does contempt mean?

contempt means "lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contempt?

contempt has 2 syllables: con-tempt. The stress falls on "tempt". In IPA it is /kənˈtɛmpt/.

What is another word for contempt?

Close synonyms include disdain, scorn, despite, disrespect, scorn. 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 contempt a common word?

contempt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 contempt?

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