stereotype

Other forms of stereotype

plural

stereotypes·

past tense

stereotyped·

present participle

stereotyping·

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 stereotype

What does stereotype mean?

stereotype means "a conventional or formulaic conception or image". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stereotype?

stereotype has 4 syllables: ster-e-o-type. The stress falls on "ster". In IPA it is /ˈstɛɹiəˌtaɪp/.

What is another word for stereotype?

Close synonyms include pigeonhole, stamp. 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 stereotype a common word?

stereotype is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 stereotype?

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