kasparov

1. 1.

   Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)

   SynonymsGary KasparovGary Weinstein

   Broaderchess master

Other forms of kasparov

plural

kasparovs·

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 kasparov

What does kasparov mean?

kasparov means "Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)".

How many syllables are in kasparov?

kasparov has 3 syllables: kas-pa-rov. The stress falls on "kas". In IPA it is /ˈkæspɚɑv/.

What is another word for kasparov?

Close synonyms include Gary Kasparov, Gary Weinstein. 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 kasparov a common word?

kasparov 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.