unlock

Other forms of unlock

past tense

unlocked·

present participle

unlocking·

third person

unlocks·

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 unlock

What does unlock mean?

unlock means "open the lock of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unlock?

unlock has 2 syllables: un-lock. The stress falls on "lock". In IPA it is /ənˈlɑk/.

What is the opposite of unlock?

The recorded antonyms are lock, lock.

Is unlock a common word?

unlock is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 unlock?

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