jacobs

Other forms of jacobs

plural

jacobses·

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 jacobs

What does jacobs mean?

jacobs means "English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jacobs?

jacobs has 2 syllables: ja-cobs. The stress falls on "ja". In IPA it is /ˈdʒeɪkəbz/.

What is another word for jacobs?

Close synonyms include W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs, Jane Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs. 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 jacobs a common word?

jacobs 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.