eliot

1. 1.

   British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)

   SynonymsT. S. EliotThomas Stearns Eliot

   Broaderpoetdramatist
2. 2.

   British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)

   SynonymsGeorge EliotMary Ann Evans

   Broaderwriter

Other forms of eliot

plural

eliots·

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 eliot

What does eliot mean?

eliot means "British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eliot?

eliot has 3 syllables: el-i-ot. The stress falls on "el". In IPA it is /ˈɛliət/.

What is another word for eliot?

Close synonyms include T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans. 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 eliot a common word?

eliot 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.