philosopher

Other forms of philosopher

plural

philosophers·

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 philosopher

What does philosopher mean?

philosopher means "a specialist in philosophy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philosopher?

philosopher has 4 syllables: phi-lo-so-pher. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/.

Is philosopher a common word?

philosopher 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.