leeway

Questions about leeway

What does leeway mean?

leeway means "(of a ship or plane) sideways drift". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leeway?

leeway has 2 syllables: lee-way. The stress falls on "lee". In IPA it is /ˈliˌweɪ/.

What is another word for leeway?

Close synonyms include allowance, margin, tolerance. 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 leeway a common word?

leeway 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 leeway?

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