samson

Other forms of samson

plural

samsons·

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 samson

What does samson mean?

samson means "(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in samson?

samson has 2 syllables: sam-son. The stress falls on "sam". In IPA it is /ˈsæmsən/.

What is another word for samson?

Close synonyms include bull, bruiser, strapper. 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 samson a common word?

samson 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.