headmaster

Questions about headmaster

What does headmaster mean?

headmaster means "presiding officer of a school".

How many syllables are in headmaster?

headmaster has 3 syllables: head-mas-ter. The stress falls on "head". In IPA it is /ˈhɛdˈmæstɚ/.

What is another word for headmaster?

Close synonyms include schoolmaster, master. 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 headmaster a common word?

headmaster 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 headmaster?

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