monarch

Other forms of monarch

plural

monarches·

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 monarch

What does monarch mean?

monarch means "a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monarch?

monarch has 2 syllables: mo-narch. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɑˌnɑɹk/.

What is another word for monarch?

Close synonyms include sovereign, crowned head, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus. 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 monarch a common word?

monarch 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.

What rhymes with monarch?

1 word rhymes with monarch. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.