nous

Other forms of nous

plural

nouses·

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 nous

What does nous mean?

nous means "common sense". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nous?

nous has 1 syllable: nous. In IPA it is /ˈnus/.

What is another word for nous?

Close synonyms include mind, head, brain, psyche. 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 nous a common word?

nous 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.

What rhymes with nous?

1 word rhymes with nous. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.