jingo

Questions about jingo

What does jingo mean?

jingo means "an extreme bellicose nationalist".

How many syllables are in jingo?

jingo has 2 syllables and divides as jin-go under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for jingo?

Close synonyms include chauvinist, jingoist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer. 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 jingo a common word?

jingo 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.