beau

Other forms of beau

plural

beaux

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 beau

What does beau mean?

beau means "a man who is the lover of a man or woman". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beau?

beau has 1 syllable: beau. In IPA it is /ˈboʊ/.

What is another word for beau?

Close synonyms include boyfriend, fellow, swain, dandy, dude. 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 beau a common word?

beau 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.

What rhymes with beau?

9 words rhyme with beau. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.