straddle

1. 1.

   a noncommittal or equivocal position

   Broaderposition
2. 2.

   a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars

   Broadergymnastic exercise
3. 3.

   the act of sitting or standing astride

   Synonymsspan

   Broadermotion

   Partscall optionput option
4. 4.

   the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options

   Broaderoption

1. 1.

   sit or stand astride of

   Broaderbe
2. 2.

   range or extend over; occupy a certain area

   “The plants straddle the entire state”

   Synonymsrange

   Broaderconstitute

   Narrowerspread-eagle
3. 3.

   be noncommittal

Other forms of straddle

plural

straddles·

past tense

straddled·

present participle

straddling·

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 straddle

What does straddle mean?

straddle means "a noncommittal or equivocal position". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in straddle?

straddle has 2 syllables: strad-dle. The stress falls on "strad". In IPA it is /ˈstɹædəl/.

What is another word for straddle?

Close synonyms include span, range. 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 straddle a common word?

straddle 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 straddle?

1 word rhymes with straddle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.