ego

Other forms of ego

plural

egoes·

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 ego

What does ego mean?

ego means "an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ego?

ego has 2 syllables: e-go. The stress falls on "e". In IPA it is /ˈiɡoʊ/.

What is another word for ego?

Close synonyms include egotism, self-importance, self. 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 ego a common word?

ego 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.