pilgrim

Other forms of pilgrim

plural

pilgrims·

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 pilgrim

What does pilgrim mean?

pilgrim means "someone who journeys in foreign lands". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pilgrim?

pilgrim has 2 syllables: pil-grim. The stress falls on "pil". In IPA it is /ˈpɪlɡɹəm/.

What is another word for pilgrim?

Close synonyms include Pilgrim Father. 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 pilgrim a common word?

pilgrim 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.