termite

Other forms of termite

plural

termites·

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 termite

What does termite mean?

termite means "whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood".

How many syllables are in termite?

termite has 2 syllables: ter-mite. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˈtɝmaɪt/.

What is another word for termite?

Close synonyms include white ant. 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 termite a common word?

termite 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.