milestone

Questions about milestone

What does milestone mean?

milestone means "stone post at side of a road to show distances". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in milestone?

milestone has 2 syllables: mile-stone. The stress falls on "mile". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/.

What is another word for milestone?

Close synonyms include milepost. 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 milestone a common word?

milestone 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 milestone?

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