gemstone

Other forms of gemstone

plural

gemstones·

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 gemstone

What does gemstone mean?

gemstone means "a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry".

How many syllables are in gemstone?

gemstone has 2 syllables: gem-stone. The stress falls on "gem". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɛmˌstoʊn/.

What is another word for gemstone?

Close synonyms include gem, stone. 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 gemstone a common word?

gemstone 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 gemstone?

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