watertight

Questions about watertight

What does watertight mean?

watertight means "not allowing water to pass in or out". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in watertight?

watertight has 3 syllables: wa-ter-tight. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɔtɚˌtaɪt/.

What is another word for watertight?

Close synonyms include unassailable, unshakable, bulletproof. 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 watertight a common word?

watertight 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 watertight?

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