cosmos

Other forms of cosmos

plural

cosmoses·

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 cosmos

What does cosmos mean?

cosmos means "everything that exists anywhere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cosmos?

cosmos has 2 syllables: co-smos. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑzmoʊs/.

What is another word for cosmos?

Close synonyms include universe, existence, creation, world, macrocosm. 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 cosmos a common word?

cosmos 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.