discus

1. 1.

   an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible

   Broaderfield event
2. 2.

   a disk used in throwing competitions

   Synonymssaucer

   Broaderdisksports equipment

Other forms of discus

plural

disci

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 discus

What does discus mean?

discus means "an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discus?

discus has 2 syllables: dis-cus. The stress falls on "dis". In IPA it is /ˈdɪskəs/.

What is another word for discus?

Close synonyms include saucer. 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 discus a common word?

discus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.