lindsay

1. 1.

   United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)

   SynonymsHoward Lindsay

   Broaderdramatist
2. 2.

   United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)

   SynonymsVachel LindsayNicholas Vachel Lindsay

   Broaderpoet

Other forms of lindsay

plural

lindsays·

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 lindsay

What does lindsay mean?

lindsay means "United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lindsay?

lindsay has 2 syllables: lind-say. The stress falls on "lind". In IPA it is /ˈlɪndzi/.

What is another word for lindsay?

Close synonyms include Howard Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. 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 lindsay a common word?

lindsay 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.