funfair

Other forms of funfair

plural

funfairs·

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 funfair

What does funfair mean?

funfair means "a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in funfair?

funfair has 2 syllables: fun-fair. The stress falls on "fun".

What is another word for funfair?

Close synonyms include amusement park, pleasure ground, carnival, fair. 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 funfair a common word?

funfair 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.