pap

Other forms of pap

plural

paps·

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 pap

What does pap mean?

pap means "worthless or oversimplified ideas". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pap?

pap has 1 syllable: pap. In IPA it is /ˈpæp/.

What is another word for pap?

Close synonyms include pablum, soft diet, spoon food, nipple, mammilla. 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 pap a common word?

pap is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.