calibre

Other forms of calibre

plural

calibres·

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 calibre

What does calibre mean?

calibre 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 calibre?

calibre has 2 syllables: ca-libre. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for calibre?

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

calibre 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.