limbo

Other forms of limbo

plural

limboes·

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 limbo

What does limbo mean?

limbo means "the state of being disregarded or forgotten". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in limbo?

limbo has 2 syllables: lim-bo. The stress falls on "lim". In IPA it is /ˈlɪmboʊ/.

What is another word for limbo?

Close synonyms include oblivion. 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 limbo a common word?

limbo 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 limbo?

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