deadpan

Other forms of deadpan

comparative

deadpanner·

superlative

deadpannest·

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 deadpan

What does deadpan mean?

deadpan means "deliberately impassive in manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deadpan?

deadpan has 2 syllables: dead-pan. The stress falls on "dead". In IPA it is /ˈdɛdˌpæn/.

What is another word for deadpan?

Close synonyms include expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive. 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 deadpan a common word?

deadpan 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 deadpan?

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