protagonist

Other forms of protagonist

plural

protagonists·

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 protagonist

What does protagonist mean?

protagonist means "a person who backs a politician or a team etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in protagonist?

protagonist has 4 syllables: pro-tag-o-nist. The stress falls on "tag". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈtæɡənəst/.

What is another word for protagonist?

Close synonyms include supporter, champion, admirer, booster, friend. 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 protagonist a common word?

protagonist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 protagonist?

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