nonplus

Other forms of nonplus

past tense or participle

nonplussed

past tense or participle

nonplusses

present participle

nonplussing

third person

nonpluses·

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 nonplus

What does nonplus mean?

nonplus means "be a mystery or bewildering to".

How many syllables are in nonplus?

nonplus has 2 syllables: non-plus. The stress falls on "plus".

What is another word for nonplus?

Close synonyms include perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle. 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 nonplus a common word?

nonplus 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.