corpse

Other forms of corpse

plural

corpses·

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 corpse

What does corpse mean?

corpse means "the dead body of a human being".

How many syllables are in corpse?

corpse has 1 syllable: corpse. In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹps/.

What is another word for corpse?

Close synonyms include cadaver, stiff, clay, remains. 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 corpse a common word?

corpse is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.