episode

Other forms of episode

plural

episodes·

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 episode

What does episode mean?

episode means "a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in episode?

episode has 3 syllables: ep-i-sode. The stress falls on "ep". In IPA it is /ˈɛpəˌsoʊd/.

What is another word for episode?

Close synonyms include installment, instalment, sequence. 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 episode a common word?

episode 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 episode?

1 word rhymes with episode. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.