vis-a-vis

1. 1.

   face-to-face with; literally `face to face'

   “they sat vis-a-vis at the table”

   “I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman”

Questions about vis-a-vis

What does vis-a-vis mean?

vis-a-vis means "a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vis-a-vis?

vis-a-vis has 3 syllables: vi-s-a--vis. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˈvizəvi/.

What is another word for vis-a-vis?

Close synonyms include counterpart, opposite number, love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete. 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 vis-a-vis a common word?

vis-a-vis 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.