temperamental

Questions about temperamental

What does temperamental mean?

temperamental means "relating to or caused by temperament". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in temperamental?

temperamental has 4 syllables: tem-pera-men-tal. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌtɛmpɹəˈmɛntəl/.

What is another word for temperamental?

Close synonyms include moody, erratic. 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 temperamental a common word?

temperamental 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 temperamental?

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