scomber

Questions about scomber

What does scomber mean?

scomber means "type genus of the Scombridae".

How many syllables are in scomber?

scomber has 2 syllables and divides as scom-ber under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for scomber?

Close synonyms include genus Scomber. 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 scomber a common word?

scomber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.