nonkosher

1. 1.

   not conforming to dietary laws

   Synonymstrefterefah

   Similarunclean

   Judaism

Questions about nonkosher

What does nonkosher mean?

nonkosher means "not conforming to dietary laws".

How many syllables are in nonkosher?

nonkosher has 3 syllables: non-ko-sher. The stress falls on "non".

What is another word for nonkosher?

Close synonyms include tref, terefah. 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 nonkosher a common word?

nonkosher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.