downfall

Other forms of downfall

plural

downfalls·

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 downfall

What does downfall mean?

downfall means "failure that results in a loss of position or reputation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in downfall?

downfall has 2 syllables: down-fall. The stress falls on "down". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊnˌfɔl/.

What is another word for downfall?

Close synonyms include ruin, ruination, precipitation, fall. 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 downfall a common word?

downfall 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 downfall?

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