lopsided

Questions about lopsided

What does lopsided mean?

lopsided means "having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lopsided?

lopsided has 3 syllables: lop-si-ded. The stress falls on "lop". In IPA it is /ˈlɑpˈsaɪdɪd/.

What is another word for lopsided?

Close synonyms include askew, awry, cockeyed, wonky, skew-whiff. 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 lopsided a common word?

lopsided 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 lopsided?

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