gratis

Other forms of gratis

comparative

gratiser·

superlative

gratisest·

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 gratis

What does gratis mean?

gratis means "costing nothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gratis?

gratis has 2 syllables: grat-is. The stress falls on "grat". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹætəs/.

What is another word for gratis?

Close synonyms include complimentary, costless, free, gratuitous, for free. 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 gratis a common word?

gratis 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.