rakishness

Questions about rakishness

What does rakishness mean?

rakishness means "the quality of a rake". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rakishness?

rakishness has 3 syllables: ra-kish-ness. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for rakishness?

Close synonyms include jauntiness, nattiness, dapperness. 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 rakishness a common word?

rakishness 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.