jugular

1. 1.

   relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

   “jugular vein”

Other forms of jugular

plural

jugulars·

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 jugular

What does jugular mean?

jugular means "veins in the neck that return blood from the head". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jugular?

jugular has 3 syllables: ju-gu-lar. The stress falls on "ju". In IPA it is /ˈdʒuɡjəlɚ/.

What is another word for jugular?

Close synonyms include jugular vein, vena jugularis. 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 jugular a common word?

jugular 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.