outcome

Other forms of outcome

plural

outcomes·

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 outcome

What does outcome mean?

outcome means "something that results". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outcome?

outcome has 2 syllables: out-come. The stress falls on "out". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˌkʌm/.

What is another word for outcome?

Close synonyms include result, resultant, final result, termination, consequence. 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 outcome a common word?

outcome is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 outcome?

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