half-time

Questions about half-time

What does half-time mean?

half-time means "involving half the standard or customary time for an activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in half-time?

half-time has 2 syllables: half--time. The stress falls on "half-". In IPA it is /ˈhæfˌtaɪm/.

What is another word for half-time?

Close synonyms include part-time, parttime. 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.

What is the opposite of half-time?

The recorded antonyms are full-time.

Is half-time a common word?

half-time 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 half-time?

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