oomph

Other forms of oomph

plural

oomphs·

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 oomph

What does oomph mean?

oomph means "attractiveness to the opposite sex". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oomph?

oomph has 1 syllable: oomph. In IPA it is /ˈumf/.

What is another word for oomph?

Close synonyms include sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, dynamism, pizzazz. 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 oomph a common word?

oomph 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.