matriarch

Questions about matriarch

What does matriarch mean?

matriarch means "a female head of a family or tribe". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in matriarch?

matriarch has 3 syllables: ma-tri-arch. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪtɹiˌɑɹk/.

What is another word for matriarch?

Close synonyms include materfamilias. 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 matriarch a common word?

matriarch 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 matriarch?

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