forefather

Other forms of forefather

plural

forefathers·

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 forefather

What does forefather mean?

forefather means "the founder of a family". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in forefather?

forefather has 3 syllables: fore-fa-ther. The stress falls on "fore". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˌfɑðɚ/.

What is another word for forefather?

Close synonyms include father, sire. 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 forefather a common word?

forefather 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 forefather?

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