handbook

Other forms of handbook

plural

handbooks·

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 handbook

What does handbook mean?

handbook means "a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location".

How many syllables are in handbook?

handbook has 2 syllables: hand-book. The stress falls on "hand". In IPA it is /ˈhændˌbʊk/.

What is another word for handbook?

Close synonyms include enchiridion, vade mecum. 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 handbook a common word?

handbook 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 handbook?

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