joyride

Other forms of joyride

plural

joyrides·

past tense

joyrided·

present participle

joyriding·

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 joyride

What does joyride mean?

joyride means "a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in joyride?

joyride has 2 syllables: joy-ride. The stress falls on "joy". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/.

What is another word for joyride?

Close synonyms include tool, tool around. 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 joyride a common word?

joyride 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 joyride?

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