threadbare

Other forms of threadbare

comparative

threadbarer·

superlative

threadbarest·

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 threadbare

What does threadbare mean?

threadbare means "repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in threadbare?

threadbare has 2 syllables: thread-bare. The stress falls on "thread". In IPA it is /ˈθɹɛdˌbɛɹ/.

What is another word for threadbare?

Close synonyms include banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn. 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 threadbare a common word?

threadbare 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.

What rhymes with threadbare?

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