pliers

Other forms of pliers

plural

plierses·

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 pliers

What does pliers mean?

pliers means "a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws".

How many syllables are in pliers?

pliers has 2 syllables: pli-ers. The stress falls on "pli". In IPA it is /ˈplaɪɚz/.

What is another word for pliers?

Close synonyms include pair of pliers, plyers. 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 pliers a common word?

pliers 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.