cumber

Questions about cumber

What does cumber mean?

cumber means "restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult".

How many syllables are in cumber?

cumber has 2 syllables: cum-ber. The stress falls on "cum". In IPA it is /ˈkʌmbɚ/.

What is another word for cumber?

Close synonyms include restrain, encumber. 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 cumber a common word?

cumber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 cumber?

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