suffrage

Questions about suffrage

What does suffrage mean?

suffrage means "a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment".

How many syllables are in suffrage?

suffrage has 2 syllables: suf-frage. The stress falls on "suf". In IPA it is /ˈsʌfɹɪdʒ/.

What is another word for suffrage?

Close synonyms include right to vote, vote. 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 suffrage a common word?

suffrage 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.