pharos

Questions about pharos

What does pharos mean?

pharos means "a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships".

How many syllables are in pharos?

pharos has 2 syllables: phar-os. The stress falls on "phar". In IPA it is /ˈfɛˌɹoʊz/.

What is another word for pharos?

Close synonyms include beacon, lighthouse, beacon light. 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 pharos a common word?

pharos 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.

What rhymes with pharos?

2 words rhyme with pharos. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.