kleptomaniac

1. 1.

   someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive

   Broaderappropriator

Other forms of kleptomaniac

plural

kleptomaniacs·

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 kleptomaniac

What does kleptomaniac mean?

kleptomaniac means "someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive".

How many syllables are in kleptomaniac?

kleptomaniac has 5 syllables: klep-to-ma-ni-ac. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniæk/.

Is kleptomaniac a common word?

kleptomaniac 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 kleptomaniac?

1 word rhymes with kleptomaniac. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.