maverick

Other forms of maverick

plural

mavericks·

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 maverick

What does maverick mean?

maverick means "someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maverick?

maverick has 3 syllables: mav-e-rick. The stress falls on "mav". In IPA it is /ˈmævɚɪk/.

What is another word for maverick?

Close synonyms include rebel, irregular, unorthodox. 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 maverick a common word?

maverick 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.