masses

Other forms of masses

plural

masseses·

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 masses

What does masses mean?

masses means "the common people generally".

How many syllables are in masses?

masses has 2 syllables: mas-ses. The stress falls on "mas". In IPA it is /ˈmæsəz/.

What is another word for masses?

Close synonyms include multitude, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed. 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 masses a common word?

masses 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.