chameleon

1. 1.

   a changeable or inconstant person

   Broaderperson
2. 2.

   a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa

   SynonymsChamaeleon

   Broaderconstellation
3. 3.

   lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue

   Synonymschamaeleon

   Broaderlizard

   NarrowerAfrican chameleonhorned chameleon

   Part ofChamaeleontidae

Other forms of chameleon

plural

chameleons·

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 chameleon

What does chameleon mean?

chameleon means "a changeable or inconstant person". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chameleon?

chameleon has 4 syllables: cha-me-le-on. The stress falls on "me". In IPA it is /kəˈmiliən/.

What is another word for chameleon?

Close synonyms include Chamaeleon, chamaeleon. 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 chameleon a common word?

chameleon 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.