roughshod

Other forms of roughshod

comparative

roughshodder·

superlative

roughshoddest·

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 roughshod

What does roughshod mean?

roughshod means "(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roughshod?

roughshod has 2 syllables: rough-shod. The stress falls on "rough". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌfˈʃɑd/.

What is another word for roughshod?

Close synonyms include barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage. 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 roughshod a common word?

roughshod 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 roughshod?

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