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 and divides as non-plus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.