a-list

1. 1.

   a list of names of specially favored people

   “the boss gave me his A-list of people we should try to recruit”

   Broaderlist

Questions about a-list

What does a-list mean?

a-list means "a list of names of specially favored people".

How many syllables are in a-list?

a-list has 2 syllables and divides as a--list under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is a-list a common word?

a-list 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.