lexicologist

Other forms of lexicologist

plural

lexicologists·

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 lexicologist

What does lexicologist mean?

lexicologist means "a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language".

How many syllables are in lexicologist?

lexicologist has 5 syllables: lex-i-co-lo-gist. The stress falls on "co".

What is another word for lexicologist?

Close synonyms include lexicographer. 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 lexicologist a common word?

lexicologist 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.