e-mail

1. 1.

   communicate electronically on the computer

   “she e-mailed me the good news”

   Synonymsemailnetmail

   Broadertelecommunicate

   Narrowerspam

   computer science

Questions about e-mail

What does e-mail mean?

e-mail means "(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in e-mail?

e-mail has 2 syllables: e--mail. The stress falls on "e-". In IPA it is /ˈiˌmeɪl/.

What is another word for e-mail?

Close synonyms include electronic mail, email, email, netmail. 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 e-mail?

The recorded antonyms are snail mail.

Is e-mail a common word?

e-mail is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 e-mail?

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