li

Other forms of li

plural

lis·

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 li

What does li mean?

li means "a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in li?

li has 1 syllable: li. In IPA it is /ˈli/.

What is another word for li?

Close synonyms include lithium, atomic number 3, fifty-one, 51. 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 li a common word?

li 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 li?

42 words rhyme with li. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.