skeleton

Other forms of skeleton

plural

skeletons·

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 skeleton

What does skeleton mean?

skeleton means "something reduced to its minimal form". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skeleton?

skeleton has 3 syllables: skel-e-ton. The stress falls on "skel". In IPA it is /ˈskɛlətən/.

What is another word for skeleton?

Close synonyms include skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale. 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 skeleton a common word?

skeleton 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.

What rhymes with skeleton?

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