post-mortem

Questions about post-mortem

What does post-mortem mean?

post-mortem means "discussion of an event after it has occurred". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in post-mortem?

post-mortem has 3 syllables: post--mor-tem. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /poʊstˈmɔɹtɛm/.

What is another word for post-mortem?

Close synonyms include postmortem, autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, PM. 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 post-mortem a common word?

post-mortem 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 post-mortem?

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