dewey

Other forms of dewey

plural

deweys·

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 dewey

What does dewey mean?

dewey means "United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dewey?

dewey has 2 syllables: de-wey. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ˈdui/.

What is another word for dewey?

Close synonyms include Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, George Dewey, Admiral Dewey, John Dewey. 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 dewey a common word?

dewey is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 dewey?

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