holdfast

Other forms of holdfast

plural

holdfasts·

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 holdfast

What does holdfast mean?

holdfast means "restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place".

How many syllables are in holdfast?

holdfast has 2 syllables: hold-fast. The stress falls on "hold". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊlˌfæst/.

What is another word for holdfast?

Close synonyms include fastener, fastening, fixing. 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 holdfast a common word?

holdfast 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 holdfast?

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