lessing

Other forms of lessing

plural

lessings·

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 lessing

What does lessing mean?

lessing means "German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lessing?

lessing has 2 syllables: les-sing. The stress falls on "les". In IPA it is /ˈlɛsɪŋ/.

What is another word for lessing?

Close synonyms include Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing. 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 lessing a common word?

lessing 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 lessing?

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