rebuttal

Questions about rebuttal

What does rebuttal mean?

rebuttal means "the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rebuttal?

rebuttal has 3 syllables: re-but-tal. The stress falls on "but". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈbʌtəl/.

What is another word for rebuttal?

Close synonyms include rebutter. 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 rebuttal a common word?

rebuttal 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.