powerhouse

Other forms of powerhouse

plural

powerhouses·

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 powerhouse

What does powerhouse mean?

powerhouse means "a highly energetic and indefatigable person". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in powerhouse?

powerhouse has 3 syllables: po-wer-house. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊɚˌhaʊs/.

What is another word for powerhouse?

Close synonyms include human dynamo, ball of fire, fireball, power station, power plant. 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 powerhouse a common word?

powerhouse 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 powerhouse?

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