sr

Other forms of sr

plural

srs·

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 sr

What does sr mean?

sr means "a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sr?

sr has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈsinjɚ/.

What is another word for sr?

Close synonyms include strontium, atomic number 38, steradian. 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 sr a common word?

sr is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 sr?

2 words rhyme with sr. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.