wannabee

Questions about wannabee

What does wannabee mean?

wannabee means "an ambitious and aspiring young person".

How many syllables are in wannabee?

wannabee has 3 syllables: wan-na-bee. The stress falls on "wan". In IPA it is /ˈwɑnəˌbi/.

What is another word for wannabee?

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

wannabee is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 wannabee?

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