onanist

Questions about onanist

What does onanist mean?

onanist means "a person who practices masturbation".

How many syllables are in onanist?

onanist has 3 syllables and divides as o-na-nist 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 onanist?

Close synonyms include masturbator. 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 onanist a common word?

onanist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.