gainsay

Questions about gainsay

What does gainsay mean?

gainsay means "take exception to".

How many syllables are in gainsay?

gainsay has 2 syllables: gain-say. The stress falls on "gain". In IPA it is /ˈɡeɪnˌseɪ/.

What is another word for gainsay?

Close synonyms include challenge, dispute. 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 gainsay a common word?

gainsay is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 gainsay?

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