scissors

Other forms of scissors

plural

scissorses·

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 scissors

What does scissors mean?

scissors means "an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scissors?

scissors has 2 syllables: scis-sors. The stress falls on "scis". In IPA it is /ˈsɪzɚz/.

What is another word for scissors?

Close synonyms include pair of scissors, scissors hold, scissor hold, scissor grip, scissors grip. 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 scissors a common word?

scissors is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.