mod

Other forms of mod

plural

mods·

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 mod

What does mod mean?

mod means "a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mod?

mod has 1 syllable: mod. In IPA it is /ˈmɔd/.

What is another word for mod?

Close synonyms include modern, modernistic. 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 mod a common word?

mod 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.