atlas

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

   BroaderTitan

   Greek mythology

2. 2.

   a collection of maps in book form

   Synonymsbook of mapsmap collection

   Broaderreference book

   Narrowerdialect atlas

   Partsgazetteer
3. 3.

   the 1st cervical vertebra

   Synonymsatlas vertebra

   Broadercervical vertebra
4. 4.

   a figure of a man used as a supporting column

   Synonymstelamon

   Broadercolumn

Other forms of atlas

plural

atlases·

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 atlas

What does atlas mean?

atlas means "(Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in atlas?

atlas has 2 syllables: at-las. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /ˈætləs/.

What is another word for atlas?

Close synonyms include book of maps, map collection, atlas vertebra, telamon. 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 atlas a common word?

atlas 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.