wristband

Other forms of wristband

plural

wristbands·

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 wristband

What does wristband mean?

wristband means "band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wristband?

wristband has 2 syllables: wrist-band. The stress falls on "wrist".

What is another word for wristband?

Close synonyms include watchband, watchstrap, watch bracelet, bracelet. 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 wristband a common word?

wristband 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.