holmes

Other forms of holmes

plural

holmeses·

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 holmes

What does holmes mean?

holmes means "a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in holmes?

holmes has 1 syllable: holmes. In IPA it is /ˈhoʊmz/.

What is another word for holmes?

Close synonyms include Sherlock Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell Holmes, Arthur Holmes. 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 holmes a common word?

holmes 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.