armor

1. 1.

   equip with armor

   Synonymsarmour

   Broaderequip

Other forms of armor

plural

armors·

past tense

armorred·

present participle

armorring·

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 armor

What does armor mean?

armor means "protective covering made of metal and used in combat". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in armor?

armor has 2 syllables: ar-mor. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹmɚ/.

What is another word for armor?

Close synonyms include armour, armour, armour, armour. 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 armor a common word?

armor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 armor?

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