sunshine

Other forms of sunshine

plural

sunshines·

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 sunshine

What does sunshine mean?

sunshine means "the rays of the sun". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sunshine?

sunshine has 2 syllables: sun-shine. The stress falls on "sun". In IPA it is /ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn/.

What is another word for sunshine?

Close synonyms include sunlight, sun, fair weather, temperateness, cheerfulness. 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 sunshine a common word?

sunshine is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 sunshine?

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