caliber

Other forms of caliber

plural

calibers·

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 caliber

What does caliber mean?

caliber means "a degree or grade of excellence or worth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caliber?

caliber has 3 syllables: cal-i-ber. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /ˈkæləbɚ/.

What is another word for caliber?

Close synonyms include quality, calibre, bore, gauge, calibre. 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 caliber a common word?

caliber 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.