paper-back book

Questions about paper-back book

What does paper-back book mean?

paper-back book means "a book with paper covers".

What is another word for paper-back book?

Close synonyms include paperback book, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book. 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 paper-back book a common word?

paper-back book 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.