spearpoint

Questions about spearpoint

What does spearpoint mean?

spearpoint means "the head and sharpened point of a spear".

How many syllables are in spearpoint?

spearpoint has 3 syllables: spe-ar-point. The stress falls on "spe".

What is another word for spearpoint?

Close synonyms include spearhead, spear-point. 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 spearpoint a common word?

spearpoint 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.