necropolis

Other forms of necropolis

plural

necropoleis

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 necropolis

What does necropolis mean?

necropolis means "a tract of land used for burials".

How many syllables are in necropolis?

necropolis has 4 syllables: ne-cro-po-lis. The stress falls on "cro". In IPA it is /nəˈkɹɑpələs/.

What is another word for necropolis?

Close synonyms include cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground. 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 necropolis a common word?

necropolis 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 necropolis?

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