wheatley

1. 1.

   American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)

   SynonymsPhillis Wheatley

   Broaderpoet

Other forms of wheatley

plural

wheatleys·

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 wheatley

What does wheatley mean?

wheatley means "American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)".

How many syllables are in wheatley?

wheatley has 2 syllables: wheat-ley. The stress falls on "wheat". In IPA it is /ˈwitli/.

What is another word for wheatley?

Close synonyms include Phillis Wheatley. 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 wheatley a common word?

wheatley 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.