confucius

1. 1.

   Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)

   SynonymsKongfuzeK'ung FutzuKong the Master

   Broaderphilosopher

Other forms of confucius

plural

confuciuses·

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 confucius

What does confucius mean?

confucius means "Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)".

How many syllables are in confucius?

confucius has 3 syllables: con-fu-cius. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /kənˈfjuʃəs/.

What is another word for confucius?

Close synonyms include Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master. 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 confucius a common word?

confucius 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.