nightmare

Questions about nightmare

What does nightmare mean?

nightmare means "a situation resembling a terrifying dream". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nightmare?

nightmare has 2 syllables: night-mare. The stress falls on "night". In IPA it is /ˈnaɪtˌmɛɹ/.

What is another word for nightmare?

Close synonyms include incubus. 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 nightmare a common word?

nightmare is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 nightmare?

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