obsolescent

1. 1.

   becoming obsolete

   Similarnoncurrent

Questions about obsolescent

What does obsolescent mean?

obsolescent means "becoming obsolete".

How many syllables are in obsolescent?

obsolescent has 4 syllables: ob-so-les-cent. The stress falls on "les". In IPA it is /ˌɑbsəˈlɛsənt/.

Is obsolescent a common word?

obsolescent 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 obsolescent?

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