scorpion

Other forms of scorpion

plural

scorpions·

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 scorpion

What does scorpion mean?

scorpion means "(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scorpion?

scorpion has 3 syllables: scor-pi-on. The stress falls on "scor". In IPA it is /ˈskɔɹpiən/.

What is another word for scorpion?

Close synonyms include Scorpio, Scorpio, Scorpio the Scorpion. 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 scorpion a common word?

scorpion 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.