mettlesome

Questions about mettlesome

What does mettlesome mean?

mettlesome means "having a proud and unbroken spirit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mettlesome?

mettlesome has 3 syllables: mett-le-some. The stress falls on "mett".

What is another word for mettlesome?

Close synonyms include game, gamy, gamey, gritty, spirited. 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 mettlesome a common word?

mettlesome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.