textbook

1. 1.

   according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

   “a casebook schizophrenic”

   “a textbook example”

   Synonymscasebook

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Other forms of textbook

plural

textbooks·

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 textbook

What does textbook mean?

textbook means "a book prepared for use in schools or colleges". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in textbook?

textbook has 2 syllables: text-book. The stress falls on "text". In IPA it is /ˈtɛkstˌbʊk/.

What is another word for textbook?

Close synonyms include text, text edition, schoolbook, school text, casebook. 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 textbook a common word?

textbook 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.

What rhymes with textbook?

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