hobgoblin

Other forms of hobgoblin

plural

hobgoblins·

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 hobgoblin

What does hobgoblin mean?

hobgoblin means "(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hobgoblin?

hobgoblin has 3 syllables: hob-go-blin. The stress falls on "hob".

What is another word for hobgoblin?

Close synonyms include goblin, hob, bugbear. 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 hobgoblin a common word?

hobgoblin 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.