rationale

Questions about rationale

What does rationale mean?

rationale means "(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)".

How many syllables are in rationale?

rationale has 3 syllables: ration-a-le. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˌɹæʃəˈnæl/.

What is another word for rationale?

Close synonyms include principle. 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 rationale a common word?

rationale 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 rationale?

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