semicentennial

Questions about semicentennial

What does semicentennial mean?

semicentennial means "the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semicentennial?

semicentennial has 6 syllables: se-mi-cen-ten-ni-al. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for semicentennial?

Close synonyms include semicentenary, semicentenary. 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 semicentennial a common word?

semicentennial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.