escapade

Other forms of escapade

plural

escapades·

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 escapade

What does escapade mean?

escapade means "a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in escapade?

escapade has 3 syllables: es-ca-pade. The stress falls on "es". In IPA it is /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/.

What is another word for escapade?

Close synonyms include adventure, risky venture, dangerous undertaking, lark. 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 escapade a common word?

escapade 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 escapade?

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