public-spirited

1. 1.

   showing unselfish interest in the public welfare

   “a public-spirited citizen”

   Similarunselfish

Questions about public-spirited

What does public-spirited mean?

public-spirited means "showing unselfish interest in the public welfare".

How many syllables are in public-spirited?

public-spirited has 5 syllables: pub-lic--spir-i-ted. The stress falls on "pub". In IPA it is /ˈpʌblɪkˈspɪɹɪtɪd/.

Is public-spirited a common word?

public-spirited is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 public-spirited?

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