debased

Other forms of debased

comparative

debasedder·

superlative

debaseddest·

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 debased

What does debased mean?

debased means "mixed with impurities". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in debased?

debased has 2 syllables: deba-sed. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /dəˈbeɪst/.

What is another word for debased?

Close synonyms include adulterate, adulterated, devalued, degraded, corrupted. 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 debased a common word?

debased 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 debased?

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