disincentive

Questions about disincentive

What does disincentive mean?

disincentive means "a negative motivational influence".

How many syllables are in disincentive?

disincentive has 4 syllables: dis-in-cen-tive. The stress falls on "cen". In IPA it is /ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv/.

What is another word for disincentive?

Close synonyms include deterrence. 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 disincentive?

The recorded antonyms are incentive.

Is disincentive a common word?

disincentive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 disincentive?

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