science

Other forms of science

plural

sciences·

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 science

What does science mean?

science means "a particular branch of scientific knowledge". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in science?

science has 2 syllables: sci-ence. The stress falls on "sci". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪəns/.

What is another word for science?

Close synonyms include scientific discipline, skill. 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 science a common word?

science is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 science?

3 words rhyme with science. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.