cyclops

Other forms of cyclops

plural

cyclopes

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 cyclops

What does cyclops mean?

cyclops means "(Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cyclops?

cyclops has 2 syllables: cy-clops. The stress falls on "cy". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪˌklɔps/.

What is another word for cyclops?

Close synonyms include water flea. 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 cyclops a common word?

cyclops 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.