humpback

Other forms of humpback

plural

humpbacks·

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 humpback

What does humpback mean?

humpback means "an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in humpback?

humpback has 2 syllables: hump-back. The stress falls on "hump". In IPA it is /ˈhʌmpˌbæk/.

What is another word for humpback?

Close synonyms include kyphosis, hunchback, hunchback, crookback, humpback whale. 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 humpback a common word?

humpback 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 humpback?

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