astrology

1. 1.

   a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

   Synonymsstar divination

   Broaderpseudoscience

   Narrowerhoroscopy

Other forms of astrology

plural

astrologies·

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 astrology

What does astrology mean?

astrology means "a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon".

How many syllables are in astrology?

astrology has 4 syllables: a-stro-lo-gy. The stress falls on "stro". In IPA it is /əˈstɹɑlədʒi/.

What is another word for astrology?

Close synonyms include star divination. 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 astrology a common word?

astrology is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.