lineman

Other forms of lineman

plural

linemans·

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 lineman

What does lineman mean?

lineman means "one of the players on the line of scrimmage". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lineman?

lineman has 2 syllables: line-man. The stress falls on "line". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪnmən/.

What is another word for lineman?

Close synonyms include electrician, linesman. 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 lineman a common word?

lineman 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 lineman?

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