hargreaves

1. 1.

   English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778)

   SynonymsJames Hargreaves

   Broaderinventor

Other forms of hargreaves

plural

hargreaveses·

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 hargreaves

What does hargreaves mean?

hargreaves means "English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778)".

How many syllables are in hargreaves?

hargreaves has 2 syllables: har-greaves. The stress falls on "har". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹˌɡɹivz/.

What is another word for hargreaves?

Close synonyms include James Hargreaves. 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 hargreaves a common word?

hargreaves 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 hargreaves?

1 word rhymes with hargreaves. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.