node

Other forms of node

plural

nodes·

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 node

What does node mean?

node means "a connecting point at which several lines come together". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in node?

node has 1 syllable: node. In IPA it is /ˈnoʊd/.

What is another word for node?

Close synonyms include knob, thickening, leaf node, lymph node, lymph gland. 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.

What is the opposite of node?

The recorded antonyms are antinode.

Is node a common word?

node 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 node?

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