hopkins

Other forms of hopkins

plural

hopkinses·

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 hopkins

What does hopkins mean?

hopkins means "United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hopkins?

hopkins has 2 syllables: hop-kins. The stress falls on "hop". In IPA it is /ˈhɑpkɪnz/.

What is another word for hopkins?

Close synonyms include Mark Hopkins, Johns Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins. 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 hopkins a common word?

hopkins is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.