unabridged

Other forms of unabridged

plural

unabridgeds·

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 unabridged

What does unabridged mean?

unabridged means "a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unabridged?

unabridged has 3 syllables: unab-rid-ged. The stress falls on "ged". In IPA it is /ˌʌnəˈbɹɪdʒd/.

What is another word for unabridged?

Close synonyms include unabridged dictionary. 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.

What is the opposite of unabridged?

The recorded antonyms are abridged.

Is unabridged a common word?

unabridged 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 unabridged?

1 word rhymes with unabridged. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.