detriment

Questions about detriment

What does detriment mean?

detriment means "a damage or loss".

How many syllables are in detriment?

detriment has 3 syllables: det-ri-ment. The stress falls on "det". In IPA it is /ˈdɛtɹəmənt/.

What is another word for detriment?

Close synonyms include hurt. 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 detriment a common word?

detriment 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for detriment come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.