emcee

1. 1.

   act as a master of ceremonies

   Synonymscompere

   Broaderhost

Other forms of emcee

plural

emcees·

past tense

emceed·

present participle

emceeing·

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 emcee

What does emcee mean?

emcee means "a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in emcee?

emcee has 2 syllables: em-cee. The stress falls on "em". In IPA it is /ˈɛmˈsi/.

What is another word for emcee?

Close synonyms include master of ceremonies, host, compere. 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 emcee a common word?

emcee 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 emcee?

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