eon

Other forms of eon

plural

eons·

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 eon

What does eon mean?

eon means "the longest division of geological time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eon?

eon has 2 syllables: e-on. The stress falls on "e". In IPA it is /ˈiən/.

What is another word for eon?

Close synonyms include aeon, aeon, aeon. 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 eon a common word?

eon 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.