goodman

1. 1.

   United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

   SynonymsBenny GoodmanBenjamin David GoodmanKing of Swing

   Broaderclarinetistbandleader

Other forms of goodman

plural

goodmans·

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 goodman

What does goodman mean?

goodman means "United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)".

How many syllables are in goodman?

goodman has 2 syllables: good-man. The stress falls on "good". In IPA it is /ˈɡʊdmən/.

What is another word for goodman?

Close synonyms include Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing. 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 goodman a common word?

goodman 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.