demerit

Other forms of demerit

plural

demerits·

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 demerit

What does demerit mean?

demerit means "a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demerit?

demerit has 3 syllables: de-mer-it. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /diˈmɛɹət/.

What is another word for demerit?

Close synonyms include fault. 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.

What is the opposite of demerit?

The recorded antonyms are merit.

Is demerit a common word?

demerit 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 demerit?

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