in-law

Questions about in-law

What does in-law mean?

in-law means "a relative by marriage".

How many syllables are in in-law?

in-law has 2 syllables: in--law. The stress falls on "law". In IPA it is /ɪnˈlɔ/.

What is another word for in-law?

Close synonyms include relative-in-law. 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 in-law a common word?

in-law 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 in-law?

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