lewis

Other forms of lewis

plural

lewises·

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 lewis

What does lewis mean?

lewis means "United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lewis?

lewis has 2 syllables: le-wis. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˈluɪs/.

What is another word for lewis?

Close synonyms include Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis, Meriwether Lewis, John L. Lewis. 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 lewis a common word?

lewis is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lewis?

1 word rhymes with lewis. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.