mavin

Other forms of mavin

plural

mavins·

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 mavin

What does mavin mean?

mavin means "someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field".

How many syllables are in mavin?

mavin has 2 syllables: ma-vin. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for mavin?

Close synonyms include ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven. 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 mavin a common word?

mavin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.