nonstandard

Questions about nonstandard

What does nonstandard mean?

nonstandard means "not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nonstandard?

nonstandard has 3 syllables: non-stan-dard. The stress falls on "stan". In IPA it is /nɑnˈstændɚd/.

What is the opposite of nonstandard?

The recorded antonyms are standard, standard, standard.

Is nonstandard a common word?

nonstandard 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.

What rhymes with nonstandard?

2 words rhyme with nonstandard. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.