ichor

Other forms of ichor

plural

ichors·

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 ichor

What does ichor mean?

ichor means "(Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ichor?

ichor has 2 syllables: i-chor. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for ichor?

Close synonyms include pus, purulence, suppuration, sanies, festering. 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 ichor a common word?

ichor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.