slipover

Questions about slipover

What does slipover mean?

slipover means "a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head".

How many syllables are in slipover?

slipover has 3 syllables and divides as sli-po-ver 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 slipover?

Close synonyms include pullover. 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 slipover a common word?

slipover 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.