decade

Other forms of decade

plural

decades·

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 decade

What does decade mean?

decade means "a period of 10 years". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decade?

decade has 2 syllables: de-cade. The stress falls on "cade". In IPA it is /dɛˈkeɪd/.

What is another word for decade?

Close synonyms include decennary, decennium, ten, 10, X. 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 decade a common word?

decade is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 decade?

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