loon

Other forms of loon

plural

loons·

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 loon

What does loon mean?

loon means "a worthless lazy fellow". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loon?

loon has 1 syllable: loon. In IPA it is /ˈlun/.

What is another word for loon?

Close synonyms include diver, addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain. 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 loon a common word?

loon is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 loon?

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