bonus

Other forms of bonus

plural

bonuses·

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 bonus

What does bonus mean?

bonus means "anything that tends to arouse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bonus?

bonus has 2 syllables: bo-nus. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈboʊnəs/.

What is another word for bonus?

Close synonyms include fillip, incentive. 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 bonus a common word?

bonus 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.