rheumatoid

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to arthritis

   “my creaky old joints”

   “rheumy with age and grief”

   Synonymsarthriticcreakyrheumaticrheumy

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about rheumatoid

What does rheumatoid mean?

rheumatoid means "of or pertaining to arthritis".

How many syllables are in rheumatoid?

rheumatoid has 3 syllables: rheu-ma-toid. The stress falls on "rheu". In IPA it is /ˈɹuməˌtɔɪd/.

What is another word for rheumatoid?

Close synonyms include arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumy. 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 rheumatoid a common word?

rheumatoid 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 rheumatoid?

1 word rhymes with rheumatoid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.