helicopter

1. 1.

   an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

   Synonymschopperwhirlybirdeggbeater

   Broaderheavier-than-air craft

   Narrowercargo helicoptershuttle helicoptersingle-rotor helicopterskyhook

   Partsbladelanding skidrotor

Other forms of helicopter

plural

helicopters·

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 helicopter

What does helicopter mean?

helicopter means "an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades".

How many syllables are in helicopter?

helicopter has 4 syllables: hel-i-cop-ter. The stress falls on "hel". In IPA it is /ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptɚ/.

What is another word for helicopter?

Close synonyms include chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater. 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 helicopter a common word?

helicopter is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.