gibbon

Other forms of gibbon

plural

gibbons·

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 gibbon

What does gibbon mean?

gibbon means "English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gibbon?

gibbon has 2 syllables: gib-bon. The stress falls on "gib". In IPA it is /ˈɡɪbən/.

What is another word for gibbon?

Close synonyms include Edward Gibbon, Hylobates lar. 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 gibbon a common word?

gibbon 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.