parting

1. 1.

   the act of departing politely

   “he disliked long farewells”

   “he took his leave”

   “parting is such sweet sorrow”

   Synonymsfarewellleaveleave-taking

   Broaderdeparture

   Narrowervalediction
2. 2.

   a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

   “his part was right in the middle”

   Synonymspart

   Broaderline

   Part ofhair

Other forms of parting

plural

partings·

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 parting

What does parting mean?

parting means "the act of departing politely". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parting?

parting has 2 syllables: par-ting. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/.

What is another word for parting?

Close synonyms include farewell, leave, leave-taking, part. 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 parting a common word?

parting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 parting?

1 word rhymes with parting. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.