offshoot

Questions about offshoot

What does offshoot mean?

offshoot means "a natural consequence of development".

How many syllables are in offshoot?

offshoot has 2 syllables: off-shoot. The stress falls on "off". In IPA it is /ˈɔfˌʃut/.

What is another word for offshoot?

Close synonyms include outgrowth, branch, offset. 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 offshoot a common word?

offshoot 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 offshoot?

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