luddite

What does luddite mean?

luddite means "any opponent of technological progress". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in luddite?

luddite has 2 syllables: lud-dite. The stress falls on "lud". In IPA it is /ˈlʌˌdaɪt/.

Is luddite a common word?

luddite 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 luddite?

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

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for luddite come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.