free-for-all

1. 1.

   a noisy fight in a crowd

   Synonymsbrawl

   Broaderfight

Questions about free-for-all

What does free-for-all mean?

free-for-all means "a noisy fight in a crowd".

How many syllables are in free-for-all?

free-for-all has 3 syllables: free--fo-r-all. The stress falls on "free-". In IPA it is /ˈfɹifɔˌɹɔl/.

What is another word for free-for-all?

Close synonyms include brawl. 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 free-for-all a common word?

free-for-all 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.