scepter

Other forms of scepter

plural

scepters·

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 scepter

What does scepter mean?

scepter means "the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scepter?

scepter has 2 syllables: scep-ter. The stress falls on "scep".

What is another word for scepter?

Close synonyms include sceptre, sceptre, verge, wand. 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 scepter a common word?

scepter 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.