buzzard

Other forms of buzzard

plural

buzzards·

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 buzzard

What does buzzard mean?

buzzard means "a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buzzard?

buzzard has 2 syllables: buz-zard. The stress falls on "buz". In IPA it is /ˈbʌzɚd/.

What is another word for buzzard?

Close synonyms include turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, Buteo buteo. 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 buzzard a common word?

buzzard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.