lateral

Other forms of lateral

plural

laterals·

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 lateral

What does lateral mean?

lateral means "situated at or extending to the side". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lateral?

lateral has 3 syllables: lat-e-ral. The stress falls on "lat". In IPA it is /ˈlætɚəl/.

What is another word for lateral?

Close synonyms include sidelong, lateral pass. 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 lateral a common word?

lateral 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 lateral?

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