Synonyms for portmanteau word
All synonyms
Noun
1. Portmanteau
Other
telescope word, frankenword, portmantologism, amalgamation, brunch word dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
Example sentences
- blend The building doesn't blend in with its surroundings.
- portmanteau Slacktivism is a portmanteau formed out of the words slacker and activism.
By length
- 5 letters
- blend1
- 11 letters
- portmanteau3, frankenword
- 12 letters
- amalgamation5
- 15 letters
- portmantologism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (portmanteau3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mot-valise
- Deutsch
- Kofferwort