dumbbell

Other forms of dumbbell

plural

dumbbells·

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 dumbbell

What does dumbbell mean?

dumbbell means "an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dumbbell?

dumbbell has 2 syllables: dumb-bell. The stress falls on "dumb". In IPA it is /ˈdʌmˌbɛl/.

What is another word for dumbbell?

Close synonyms include dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead. 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 dumbbell a common word?

dumbbell 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 dumbbell?

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