nectar

Other forms of nectar

plural

nectars·

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 nectar

What does nectar mean?

nectar means "a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nectar?

nectar has 2 syllables: nec-tar. The stress falls on "nec". In IPA it is /ˈnɛktɚ/.

What is another word for nectar?

Close synonyms include ambrosia. 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 nectar a common word?

nectar 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 nectar?

2 words rhyme with nectar. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.