dragonfly

Other forms of dragonfly

plural

dragonflies·

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 dragonfly

What does dragonfly mean?

dragonfly means "slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.".

How many syllables are in dragonfly?

dragonfly has 3 syllables: dra-gon-fly. The stress falls on "dra".

What is another word for dragonfly?

Close synonyms include darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor. 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 dragonfly a common word?

dragonfly 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.