What does uneven mean?

uneven means "not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uneven?

uneven has 3 syllables: u-ne-ven. The stress falls on "ne". In IPA it is /əˈnivən/.

What is another word for uneven?

Close synonyms include mismatched, odd, spotty, scratchy. 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 uneven?

The recorded antonyms are even.

Is uneven a common word?

uneven is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

uneven — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

adjective

5 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
“an uneven color”
“uneven ground”
“uneven margins”
“wood with an uneven grain”
Antonymseven
Similarcrinkled curly-grained irregular jagged lumpy out of true patchy pebble-grained
2.
(of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents
“vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church”
Synonymsmismatched
Similarunequal
3.
not divisible by two
Synonymsodd
4.
variable and recurring at irregular intervals
“an uneven gait”
“uneven spacing”
Similarunsteady
5.
lacking consistency
“the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty”
Synonymsspotty scratchy
Similarinconsistent

Questions about uneven

What does uneven mean?: uneven means "not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in uneven?: uneven has 3 syllables: u-ne-ven. The stress falls on "ne". In IPA it is /əˈnivən/.
What is another word for uneven?: Close synonyms include mismatched, odd, spotty, scratchy. 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 uneven?: The recorded antonyms are even.
Is uneven a common word?: uneven is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for uneven come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

5 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
“an uneven color”
“uneven ground”
“uneven margins”
“wood with an uneven grain”
Antonymseven
Similarcrinkled curly-grained irregular jagged lumpy out of true patchy pebble-grained
2.
(of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents
“vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church”
Synonymsmismatched
Similarunequal
3.
not divisible by two
Synonymsodd
4.
variable and recurring at irregular intervals
“an uneven gait”
“uneven spacing”
Similarunsteady
5.
lacking consistency
“the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty”
Synonymsspotty scratchy
Similarinconsistent

Questions about uneven

What does uneven mean?: uneven means "not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in uneven?: uneven has 3 syllables: u-ne-ven. The stress falls on "ne". In IPA it is /əˈnivən/.
What is another word for uneven?: Close synonyms include mismatched, odd, spotty, scratchy. 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 uneven?: The recorded antonyms are even.
Is uneven a common word?: uneven is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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