medal

Other forms of medal

plural

medals·

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 medal

What does medal mean?

medal means "an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event".

How many syllables are in medal?

medal has 2 syllables: med-al. The stress falls on "med". In IPA it is /ˈmɛdəl/.

What is another word for medal?

Close synonyms include decoration, laurel wreath, medallion, palm, ribbon. 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 medal a common word?

medal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 medal?

1 word rhymes with medal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.