jeremiah

Other forms of jeremiah

plural

jeremiahs·

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 jeremiah

What does jeremiah mean?

jeremiah means "(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jeremiah?

jeremiah has 4 syllables: jer-e-mi-ah. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˌdʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/.

What is another word for jeremiah?

Close synonyms include Book of Jeremiah. 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 jeremiah a common word?

jeremiah 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 jeremiah?

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