ponce

Other forms of ponce

plural

ponces·

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 ponce

What does ponce mean?

ponce means "a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ponce?

ponce has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈpoʊnseɪ/.

What is another word for ponce?

Close synonyms include pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar. 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 ponce a common word?

ponce is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.