possum

Other forms of possum

plural

possums·

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 possum

What does possum mean?

possum means "nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in possum?

possum has 2 syllables: pos-sum. The stress falls on "pos". In IPA it is /ˈpɑsəm/.

What is another word for possum?

Close synonyms include opossum, phalanger, opossum. 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 possum a common word?

possum 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.

What rhymes with possum?

1 word rhymes with possum. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.