postscript

Other forms of postscript

plural

postscripts·

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 postscript

What does postscript mean?

postscript means "a note appended to a letter after the signature". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in postscript?

postscript has 2 syllables: post-script. The stress falls on "post". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊˌskɹɪpt/.

What is another word for postscript?

Close synonyms include PS, addendum, supplement. 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 postscript a common word?

postscript 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 postscript?

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