greenback

Other forms of greenback

plural

greenbacks·

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 greenback

What does greenback mean?

greenback means "a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)".

How many syllables are in greenback?

greenback has 2 syllables: green-back. The stress falls on "green". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹinˌbæk/.

What is another word for greenback?

Close synonyms include bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill. 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 greenback a common word?

greenback 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 greenback?

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