watercress

1. 1.

   any of several water-loving cresses

   Broadercress

   NarrowerAmerican watercresscommon watercressmarsh cressgreat yellowcress

   Part ofCruciferae
2. 2.

   cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams

   Broadercress

1. 1.

   of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green

   Synonymscress greencresson

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of watercress

plural

watercresses·

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 watercress

What does watercress mean?

watercress means "any of several water-loving cresses". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in watercress?

watercress has 3 syllables: wa-ter-cress. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɔtɚˌkɹɛs/.

What is another word for watercress?

Close synonyms include cress green, cresson. 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 watercress a common word?

watercress 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.

What rhymes with watercress?

1 word rhymes with watercress. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.