obi

Questions about obi

What does obi mean?

obi means "(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obi?

obi has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. 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 obi?

Close synonyms include obeah, obeah. 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 obi a common word?

obi 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.