workmanlike

1. 1.

   worthy of a good workman

   “a competent job”

   “the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index”

   Similarcompetent

Questions about workmanlike

What does workmanlike mean?

workmanlike means "worthy of a good workman".

How many syllables are in workmanlike?

workmanlike has 3 syllables: work-man-like. The stress falls on "work". In IPA it is /ˈwɝkˌmænˌlaɪk/.

Is workmanlike a common word?

workmanlike 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 workmanlike?

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