signature

Other forms of signature

plural

signatures·

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 signature

What does signature mean?

signature means "your name written in your own handwriting". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in signature?

signature has 3 syllables: sig-na-ture. The stress falls on "sig". In IPA it is /ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ/.

What is another word for signature?

Close synonyms include touch, signature tune, theme song, key signature. 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 signature a common word?

signature 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.