tabloid

Other forms of tabloid

plural

tabloids·

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 tabloid

What does tabloid mean?

tabloid means "sensationalist journalism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tabloid?

tabloid has 2 syllables: tab-loid. The stress falls on "tab". In IPA it is /ˈtæblɔɪd/.

What is another word for tabloid?

Close synonyms include yellow journalism, tab, rag, sheet. 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 tabloid a common word?

tabloid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.