steamship

Questions about steamship

What does steamship mean?

steamship means "a ship powered by one or more steam engines".

How many syllables are in steamship?

steamship has 2 syllables: steam-ship. The stress falls on "steam". In IPA it is /ˈstimˌʃɪp/.

What is another word for steamship?

Close synonyms include steamer. 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 steamship a common word?

steamship 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 steamship?

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