schoolmarm

Questions about schoolmarm

What does schoolmarm mean?

schoolmarm means "a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)".

How many syllables are in schoolmarm?

schoolmarm has 2 syllables and divides as school-marm under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for schoolmarm?

Close synonyms include schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress. 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 schoolmarm a common word?

schoolmarm 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.