gent

Other forms of gent

plural

gents·

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 gent

What does gent mean?

gent means "informal abbreviation of `gentleman'". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gent?

gent has 1 syllable: gent. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɛnt/.

What is another word for gent?

Close synonyms include chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad. 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 gent a common word?

gent 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.