cupid

1. 1.

   (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros

   SynonymsAmor

   BroaderRoman deity

   Roman mythology

2. 2.

   a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow

   Broaderemblem

Other forms of cupid

plural

cupids·

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 cupid

What does cupid mean?

cupid means "(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cupid?

cupid has 2 syllables: cu-pid. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˈkjupɪd/.

What is another word for cupid?

Close synonyms include Amor. 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 cupid a common word?

cupid 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.