no-good

Questions about no-good

What does no-good mean?

no-good means "without merit; of little or no value or use". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in no-good?

no-good has 2 syllables: no--good. The stress falls on "no-". In IPA it is /ˈnoʊˌɡʊd/.

What is another word for no-good?

Close synonyms include good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count. 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 no-good a common word?

no-good 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 no-good?

3 words rhyme with no-good. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.