cadaver

Other forms of cadaver

plural

cadavers·

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 cadaver

What does cadaver mean?

cadaver means "the dead body of a human being".

How many syllables are in cadaver?

cadaver has 3 syllables: ca-dav-er. The stress falls on "dav". In IPA it is /kəˈdævɚ/.

What is another word for cadaver?

Close synonyms include corpse, stiff, clay, remains. 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 cadaver a common word?

cadaver 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.