philistine

Other forms of philistine

plural

philistines·

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 philistine

What does philistine mean?

philistine means "a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philistine?

philistine has 3 syllables: phil-i-stine. The stress falls on "phil". In IPA it is /ˈfɪləˌstin/.

What is another word for philistine?

Close synonyms include anti-intellectual, lowbrow, anti-intellectual. 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 philistine a common word?

philistine 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 philistine?

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