demon

Other forms of demon

plural

demons·

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 demon

What does demon mean?

demon means "an evil supernatural being". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demon?

demon has 2 syllables: de-mon. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ˈdimən/.

What is another word for demon?

Close synonyms include devil, fiend, daemon, daimon, monster. 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 demon a common word?

demon 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.

What rhymes with demon?

1 word rhymes with demon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.