morals

Other forms of morals

plural

moralses·

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 morals

What does morals mean?

morals means "motivation based on ideas of right and wrong".

How many syllables are in morals?

morals has 2 syllables: mo-rals. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɹəlz/.

What is another word for morals?

Close synonyms include ethical motive, ethics, morality. 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 morals a common word?

morals 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.