gnome

Other forms of gnome

plural

gnomes·

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 gnome

What does gnome mean?

gnome means "a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gnome?

gnome has 1 syllable: gnome. In IPA it is /ˈnoʊm/.

What is another word for gnome?

Close synonyms include dwarf. 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 gnome a common word?

gnome 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.

What rhymes with gnome?

2 words rhyme with gnome. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.