twosome

Other forms of twosome

plural

twosomes·

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 twosome

What does twosome mean?

twosome means "two items of the same kind". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twosome?

twosome has 2 syllables: two-some. The stress falls on "two". In IPA it is /ˈtusəm/.

What is another word for twosome?

Close synonyms include couple, pair, twain, brace, span. 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 twosome a common word?

twosome 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.