elixir

Other forms of elixir

plural

elixirs·

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 elixir

What does elixir mean?

elixir means "a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elixir?

elixir has 3 syllables: e-lix-ir. The stress falls on "lix". In IPA it is /ɪˈlɪksɚ/.

What is another word for elixir?

Close synonyms include philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone. 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 elixir a common word?

elixir 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.