exodus

Other forms of exodus

plural

exoduses·

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 exodus

What does exodus mean?

exodus means "a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exodus?

exodus has 3 syllables: ex-o-dus. The stress falls on "ex". In IPA it is /ˈɛksədəs/.

What is another word for exodus?

Close synonyms include hegira, hejira, Book of Exodus. 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 exodus a common word?

exodus 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.