golem

1. 1.

   (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means

   Broadermythical being

   folklore · Judaism

2. 2.

   a mechanism that can move automatically

   Synonymsautomatonrobot

   Broadermechanism

   Narrowerandroid

Other forms of golem

plural

golems·

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 golem

What does golem mean?

golem means "(Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in golem?

golem has 2 syllables: go-lem. The stress falls on "go". In IPA it is /ˈɡoʊləm/.

What is another word for golem?

Close synonyms include automaton, robot. 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 golem a common word?

golem 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.