rheumatism

Other forms of rheumatism

plural

rheumatisms·

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 rheumatism

What does rheumatism mean?

rheumatism means "any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rheumatism?

rheumatism has 4 syllables: rhe-u-mat-ism. The stress falls on "rhe". In IPA it is /ˈɹuməˌtɪzəm/.

What is another word for rheumatism?

Close synonyms include rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis. 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 rheumatism a common word?

rheumatism is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 rheumatism?

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