wannabe

Questions about wannabe

What does wannabe mean?

wannabe means "an ambitious and aspiring young person".

How many syllables are in wannabe?

wannabe has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈwɑnəˌbi/.

What is another word for wannabe?

Close synonyms include aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabee. 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 wannabe a common word?

wannabe 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.

What rhymes with wannabe?

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