hobby

Other forms of hobby

plural

hobbies·

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 hobby

What does hobby mean?

hobby means "an auxiliary activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hobby?

hobby has 2 syllables: hob-by. The stress falls on "hob". In IPA it is /ˈhɑbi/.

What is another word for hobby?

Close synonyms include avocation, by-line, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity. 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 hobby a common word?

hobby 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.