demeanour

Other forms of demeanour

plural

demeanours·

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 demeanour

What does demeanour mean?

demeanour means "(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people".

How many syllables are in demeanour?

demeanour has 3 syllables: de-mea-nour. The stress falls on "mea". In IPA it is /dɪˈminɚ/.

What is another word for demeanour?

Close synonyms include demeanor, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment. 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 demeanour a common word?

demeanour 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 demeanour?

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