khrushchev

1. 1.

   Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971)

   SynonymsNikita KhrushchevNikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev

   Broaderstatesman

Other forms of khrushchev

plural

khrushchevs·

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 khrushchev

What does khrushchev mean?

khrushchev means "Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971)".

How many syllables are in khrushchev?

khrushchev has 2 syllables: khrush-chev. The stress falls on "khrush". In IPA it is /ˈkɹusˌtʃɛv/.

What is another word for khrushchev?

Close synonyms include Nikita Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev. 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 khrushchev a common word?

khrushchev 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.