bourbon

Other forms of bourbon

plural

bourbons·

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 bourbon

What does bourbon mean?

bourbon means "a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bourbon?

bourbon has 2 syllables: bour-bon. The stress falls on "bour". In IPA it is /ˈbɝbən/.

What is another word for bourbon?

Close synonyms include Bourbon dynasty. 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 bourbon a common word?

bourbon 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 bourbon?

1 word rhymes with bourbon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.