monochrome

Other forms of monochrome

plural

monochromes·

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 monochrome

What does monochrome mean?

monochrome means "painting done in a range of tones of a single color". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monochrome?

monochrome has 3 syllables: mo-noch-rome. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɑnəˌkɹoʊm/.

What is another word for monochrome?

Close synonyms include black and white, monochromatic, monochromic, monochromous. 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 monochrome a common word?

monochrome 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 monochrome?

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