What does riley mean?

riley means "United States poet (1849-1916)".

How many syllables are in riley?

riley has 2 syllables: ri-ley. The stress falls on "ri". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪli/.

What is another word for riley?

Close synonyms include James Whitcomb Riley. 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 riley a common word?

riley is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 riley?

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

riley — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
United States poet (1849-1916)
SynonymsJames Whitcomb Riley
Broaderpoet

Other forms of riley

plural: rileys·

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.

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