yesteryear

Other forms of yesteryear

plural

yesteryears·

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 yesteryear

What does yesteryear mean?

yesteryear means "the time that has elapsed".

How many syllables are in yesteryear?

yesteryear has 3 syllables: yes-te-ryear. The stress falls on "yes". In IPA it is /ˈjɛstɚˌjɪɹ/.

What is another word for yesteryear?

Close synonyms include past, past times. 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 yesteryear a common word?

yesteryear 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 yesteryear?

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