hidebound

Questions about hidebound

What does hidebound mean?

hidebound means "stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded".

How many syllables are in hidebound?

hidebound has 2 syllables: hide-bound. The stress falls on "hide". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪdˌbaʊnd/.

What is another word for hidebound?

Close synonyms include traditionalist. 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 hidebound a common word?

hidebound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 hidebound?

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