manual

Other forms of manual

plural

manuals·

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 manual

What does manual mean?

manual means "of or relating to the hands". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in manual?

manual has 3 syllables: man-u-al. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmænjuəl/.

What is another word for manual?

Close synonyms include manual of arms. 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.

What is the opposite of manual?

The recorded antonyms are automatic.

Is manual a common word?

manual 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.