out-and-out

Questions about out-and-out

What does out-and-out mean?

out-and-out means "complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers".

How many syllables are in out-and-out?

out-and-out has 3 syllables and divides as ou-t-an-d-out under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for out-and-out?

Close synonyms include absolute, downright, rank, right-down, sheer. 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 out-and-out a common word?

out-and-out 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.