lowell

Other forms of lowell

plural

lowells·

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 lowell

What does lowell mean?

lowell means "United States poet (1917-1977)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lowell?

lowell has 2 syllables: lo-well. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈloʊəl/.

What is another word for lowell?

Close synonyms include Robert Lowell, Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr., Percival Lowell, Amy Lowell, Abbott Lawrence Lowell. 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 lowell a common word?

lowell 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.