owl

Other forms of owl

plural

owls·

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 owl

What does owl mean?

owl means "nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes".

How many syllables are in owl?

owl has 1 syllable: owl. In IPA it is /ˈaʊl/.

What is another word for owl?

Close synonyms include bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter. 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 owl a common word?

owl is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.