kingpin

Other forms of kingpin

plural

kingpins·

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 kingpin

What does kingpin mean?

kingpin means "the most important person in a group or undertaking". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kingpin?

kingpin has 2 syllables: king-pin. The stress falls on "king". In IPA it is /ˈkɪŋˌpɪn/.

What is another word for kingpin?

Close synonyms include top banana, bigwig, kingbolt, swivel pin, headpin. 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 kingpin a common word?

kingpin 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 kingpin?

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