turnkey

Questions about turnkey

What does turnkey mean?

turnkey means "someone who guards prisoners".

How many syllables are in turnkey?

turnkey has 2 syllables: turn-key. The stress falls on "turn". In IPA it is /ˈtɝnˌki/.

What is another word for turnkey?

Close synonyms include prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw. 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 turnkey a common word?

turnkey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 turnkey?

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