scandal

Other forms of scandal

plural

scandals·

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 scandal

What does scandal mean?

scandal means "disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scandal?

scandal has 2 syllables: scan-dal. The stress falls on "scan". In IPA it is /ˈskændəl/.

What is another word for scandal?

Close synonyms include dirt, malicious gossip, outrage. 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 scandal a common word?

scandal 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.