lion

Other forms of lion

plural

lions·

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 lion

What does lion mean?

lion means "large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lion?

lion has 2 syllables: li-on. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪən/.

What is another word for lion?

Close synonyms include king of beasts, Panthera leo, social lion, Leo, Leo. 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 lion a common word?

lion 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 lion?

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