mayhem

Questions about mayhem

What does mayhem mean?

mayhem means "the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mayhem?

mayhem has 2 syllables: may-hem. The stress falls on "may". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪˌhɛm/.

What is another word for mayhem?

Close synonyms include havoc. 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 mayhem a common word?

mayhem 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 mayhem?

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