sinclair

Other forms of sinclair

plural

sinclairs·

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 sinclair

What does sinclair mean?

sinclair means "United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sinclair?

sinclair has 2 syllables: sin-clair. The stress falls on "clair". In IPA it is /sɪnˈklɛɹ/.

What is another word for sinclair?

Close synonyms include Upton Sinclair, Upton Beall Sinclair, Clive Sinclair, Sir Clive Marles Sinclair. 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 sinclair a common word?

sinclair is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 sinclair?

1 word rhymes with sinclair. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.