holdover

Questions about holdover

What does holdover mean?

holdover means "an official who remains in office after his term". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in holdover?

holdover has 3 syllables: hol-do-ver. The stress falls on "hol". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊlˌdoʊvɚ/.

What is another word for holdover?

Close synonyms include hangover, hangover. 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 holdover a common word?

holdover 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 holdover?

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