thanksgiving

Other forms of thanksgiving

plural

thanksgivings·

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 thanksgiving

What does thanksgiving mean?

thanksgiving means "fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thanksgiving?

thanksgiving has 3 syllables: thanks-giv-ing. The stress falls on "giv". In IPA it is /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/.

What is another word for thanksgiving?

Close synonyms include Thanksgiving Day, grace, blessing. 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 thanksgiving a common word?

thanksgiving is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 thanksgiving?

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