stranglehold

Questions about stranglehold

What does stranglehold mean?

stranglehold means "complete power over a person or situation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stranglehold?

stranglehold has 3 syllables: stran-gle-hold. The stress falls on "stran". In IPA it is /ˈstɹæŋɡəlˌhoʊld/.

What is another word for stranglehold?

Close synonyms include chokehold, throttlehold. 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 stranglehold a common word?

stranglehold 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 stranglehold?

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