thesis

Questions about thesis

What does thesis mean?

thesis means "an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thesis?

thesis has 2 syllables: the-sis. The stress falls on "the". In IPA it is /ˈθisəs/.

What is another word for thesis?

Close synonyms include dissertation. 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 thesis a common word?

thesis 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.