Wordhood

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being a word. uncountable

    "You can call them nonstandard, colloquial, informal, casual, slangy, or even signs of the apocalypse, but there's no reason to deny them wordhood."

Synonyms

All synonyms
wordnesswordnesswordshipwordship

Example

More examples

"You can call them nonstandard, colloquial, informal, casual, slangy, or even signs of the apocalypse, but there's no reason to deny them wordhood."

Etymology

From word + -hood.

More for "wordhood"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.