pomade

Other forms of pomade

plural

pomades·

past tense

pomaded·

present participle

pomading·

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 pomade

What does pomade mean?

pomade means "hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pomade?

pomade has 2 syllables: po-made. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for pomade?

Close synonyms include pomatum. 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 pomade a common word?

pomade 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.