undertow

Other forms of undertow

plural

undertows·

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 undertow

What does undertow mean?

undertow means "an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in undertow?

undertow has 3 syllables: un-der-tow. The stress falls on "un". In IPA it is /ˈʌndɚˌtoʊ/.

What is another word for undertow?

Close synonyms include sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose. 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 undertow a common word?

undertow 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 undertow?

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