bozo

Other forms of bozo

plural

bozoes·

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 bozo

What does bozo mean?

bozo means "a man who is a stupid incompetent fool". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bozo?

bozo has 2 syllables: bo-zo. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈboʊˌzoʊ/.

What is another word for bozo?

Close synonyms include fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, goose. 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 bozo a common word?

bozo 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 bozo?

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