carnegie

1. 1.

   United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)

   SynonymsDale Carnegie

   Broadereducator
2. 2.

   United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)

   SynonymsAndrew Carnegie

   Broaderindustrialistphilanthropist

Other forms of carnegie

plural

carnegies·

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 carnegie

What does carnegie mean?

carnegie means "United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in carnegie?

carnegie has 3 syllables: car-ne-gie. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ˈkɑɹnəɡi/.

What is another word for carnegie?

Close synonyms include Dale Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie. 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 carnegie a common word?

carnegie 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.