paperback

1. 1.

   (of books) having a flexible binding

   Synonymspaperbacked

   Similarbound

Other forms of paperback

plural

paperbacks·

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 paperback

What does paperback mean?

paperback means "a book with paper covers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paperback?

paperback has 3 syllables: pa-per-back. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpeɪpɚˌbæk/.

What is another word for paperback?

Close synonyms include paperback book, paper-back book, 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 paperback a common word?

paperback 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 paperback?

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