crybaby

Other forms of crybaby

plural

crybabies·

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 crybaby

What does crybaby mean?

crybaby means "a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crybaby?

crybaby has 3 syllables: cry-ba-by. The stress falls on "cry". In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪˈbeɪbi/.

What is another word for crybaby?

Close synonyms include wimp, chicken, whiner, complainer, moaner. 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 crybaby a common word?

crybaby 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 crybaby?

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