springtide

Questions about springtide

What does springtide mean?

springtide means "a swelling rush of anything". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in springtide?

springtide has 2 syllables and divides as spring-tide 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 the opposite of springtide?

The recorded antonyms are neap tide.

Is springtide a common word?

springtide 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.