keystone

Other forms of keystone

plural

keystones·

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 keystone

What does keystone mean?

keystone means "a central cohesive source of support and stability". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in keystone?

keystone has 2 syllables: key-stone. The stress falls on "key". In IPA it is /ˈkiˌstoʊn/.

What is another word for keystone?

Close synonyms include anchor, mainstay, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin. 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 keystone a common word?

keystone 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 keystone?

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