magnitude

Other forms of magnitude

plural

magnitudes·

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 magnitude

What does magnitude mean?

magnitude means "the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in magnitude?

magnitude has 3 syllables: mag-ni-tude. The stress falls on "mag". In IPA it is /ˈmæɡnəˌtud/.

What is another word for magnitude?

Close synonyms include order of magnitude. 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 magnitude a common word?

magnitude 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 magnitude?

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