prelim

Other forms of prelim

plural

prelims·

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 prelim

What does prelim mean?

prelim means "a minor match preceding the main event". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prelim?

prelim has 2 syllables: pre-lim. The stress falls on "lim". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈlɪm/.

What is another word for prelim?

Close synonyms include preliminary, preliminary examination, preliminary exam. 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 prelim a common word?

prelim 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 prelim?

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