anil

Other forms of anil

plural

anils·

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 anil

What does anil mean?

anil means "a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anil?

anil has 2 syllables: a-nil. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for anil?

Close synonyms include indigo, indigotin, Indigofera suffruticosa, Indigofera anil. 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 anil a common word?

anil 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.