munchausen

1. 1.

   German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)

   SynonymsMunchhausenKarl Friedrich Hieronymus von MunchhausenBaron Munchausen

   Broaderanecdotist

Other forms of munchausen

plural

munchausens·

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 munchausen

What does munchausen mean?

munchausen means "German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)".

How many syllables are in munchausen?

munchausen has 3 syllables: mun-chau-sen. The stress falls on "mun". In IPA it is /ˈmʌnˌtʃaʊzɪn/.

What is another word for munchausen?

Close synonyms include Munchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Baron Munchausen. 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 munchausen a common word?

munchausen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.