miasma

Other forms of miasma

plural

miasmata

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 miasma

What does miasma mean?

miasma means "an unwholesome atmosphere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in miasma?

miasma has 3 syllables: mi-as-ma. The stress falls on "as". In IPA it is /miˈæzmə/.

What is another word for miasma?

Close synonyms include miasm, miasm. 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 miasma a common word?

miasma 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 miasma?

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