hostess

Other forms of hostess

plural

hostesses·

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 hostess

What does hostess mean?

hostess means "a woman host". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hostess?

hostess has 2 syllables: ho-stess. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊstəs/.

What is another word for hostess?

Close synonyms include stewardess, air hostess. 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 hostess a common word?

hostess 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.