benzoin

Other forms of benzoin

plural

benzoins·

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 benzoin

What does benzoin mean?

benzoin means "gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benzoin?

benzoin has 2 syllables: ben-zoin. The stress falls on "ben".

What is another word for benzoin?

Close synonyms include gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis, genus Benzoin. 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 benzoin a common word?

benzoin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.