polarity

Other forms of polarity

plural

polarities·

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 polarity

What does polarity mean?

polarity means "a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polarity?

polarity has 4 syllables: po-lar-i-ty. The stress falls on "lar". In IPA it is /poʊˈlɛɹəti/.

What is another word for polarity?

Close synonyms include mutual opposition, sign. 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 polarity a common word?

polarity 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 polarity?

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