sweptback

Questions about sweptback

What does sweptback mean?

sweptback means "(especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sweptback?

sweptback has 2 syllables and divides as swept-back under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sweptback?

Close synonyms include backswept. 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 sweptback a common word?

sweptback is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.