testament

Other forms of testament

plural

testaments·

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 testament

What does testament mean?

testament means "a profession of belief". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in testament?

testament has 3 syllables: tes-ta-ment. The stress falls on "tes". In IPA it is /ˈtɛstəmənt/.

What is another word for testament?

Close synonyms include will. 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 testament a common word?

testament 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.