rejoinder

Other forms of rejoinder

plural

rejoinders·

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 rejoinder

What does rejoinder mean?

rejoinder means "a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rejoinder?

rejoinder has 3 syllables: re-join-der. The stress falls on "join". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈdʒɔɪndɚ/.

What is another word for rejoinder?

Close synonyms include retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback. 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 rejoinder a common word?

rejoinder 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.