riddance

Other forms of riddance

plural

riddances·

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 riddance

What does riddance mean?

riddance means "the act of removing or getting rid of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in riddance?

riddance has 2 syllables: rid-dance. The stress falls on "rid". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪdəns/.

What is another word for riddance?

Close synonyms include elimination, ejection, exclusion, expulsion. 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 riddance a common word?

riddance 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.