hokum

Other forms of hokum

plural

hokums·

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 hokum

What does hokum mean?

hokum means "a message that seems to convey no meaning".

How many syllables are in hokum?

hokum has 2 syllables: ho-kum. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊkəm/.

What is another word for hokum?

Close synonyms include nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness. 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 hokum a common word?

hokum 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.