emaciate

Questions about emaciate

What does emaciate mean?

emaciate means "cause to grow thin or weak". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in emaciate?

emaciate has 4 syllables: e-ma-ci-ate. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪt/.

What is another word for emaciate?

Close synonyms include waste, macerate. 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 emaciate a common word?

emaciate 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 emaciate?

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