proposal

Other forms of proposal

plural

proposals·

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 proposal

What does proposal mean?

proposal means "something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proposal?

proposal has 3 syllables: pro-po-sal. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /pɹəˈpoʊzəl/.

What is another word for proposal?

Close synonyms include marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, proposition. 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 proposal a common word?

proposal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 proposal?

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