hoyle

Other forms of hoyle

plural

hoyles·

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 hoyle

What does hoyle mean?

hoyle means "an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hoyle?

hoyle has 1 syllable: hoyle. In IPA it is /ˈhɔɪl/.

What is another word for hoyle?

Close synonyms include Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle, Edmond Hoyle. 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 hoyle a common word?

hoyle 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.