glob

Other forms of glob

plural

globs·

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 glob

What does glob mean?

glob means "a compact mass".

How many syllables are in glob?

glob has 1 syllable: glob. In IPA it is /ˈɡlɑb/.

What is another word for glob?

Close synonyms include ball, clod, lump, clump, chunk. 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 glob a common word?

glob 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.