powwow

Other forms of powwow

plural

powwows·

past tense

powwowed·

present participle

powwowing·

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 powwow

What does powwow mean?

powwow means "(informal) a quick private conference". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in powwow?

powwow has 2 syllables: pow-wow. The stress falls on "pow". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊˌwaʊ/.

What is another word for powwow?

Close synonyms include huddle. 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 powwow a common word?

powwow 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 powwow?

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