gauntlet

Other forms of gauntlet

plural

gauntlets·

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 gauntlet

What does gauntlet mean?

gauntlet means "to offer or accept a challenge". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gauntlet?

gauntlet has 2 syllables: gaunt-let. The stress falls on "gaunt". In IPA it is /ˈɡɔntlət/.

What is another word for gauntlet?

Close synonyms include gantlet, gantlet, metal glove, gantlet, gantlet. 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 gauntlet a common word?

gauntlet is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 gauntlet?

1 word rhymes with gauntlet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.