supplemental

Questions about supplemental

What does supplemental mean?

supplemental means "functioning in a supporting capacity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supplemental?

supplemental has 4 syllables: sup-ple-men-tal. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntəl/.

What is another word for supplemental?

Close synonyms include auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary, supplementary. 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 supplemental a common word?

supplemental 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 supplemental?

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