hanuman

1. 1.

   in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage

   BroaderHindu deity
2. 2.

   langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India

   SynonymsentellusPresbytes entellusSemnopithecus entellus

   Broaderlangur

Other forms of hanuman

plural

hanumans·

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 hanuman

What does hanuman mean?

hanuman means "in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hanuman?

hanuman has 3 syllables: ha-nu-man. The stress falls on "ha".

What is another word for hanuman?

Close synonyms include entellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus. 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 hanuman a common word?

hanuman 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.