beast

Other forms of beast

plural

beasts·

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 beast

What does beast mean?

beast means "a living organism characterized by voluntary movement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beast?

beast has 1 syllable: beast. In IPA it is /ˈbist/.

What is another word for beast?

Close synonyms include animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna. 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 beast a common word?

beast 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.