tearaway

Other forms of tearaway

plural

tearaways·

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 tearaway

What does tearaway mean?

tearaway means "a reckless and impetuous person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tearaway?

tearaway has 4 syllables: te-a-ra-way. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for tearaway?

Close synonyms include hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, brainish. 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 tearaway a common word?

tearaway 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.