sherlock

Other forms of sherlock

plural

sherlocks·

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 sherlock

What does sherlock mean?

sherlock means "someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information".

How many syllables are in sherlock?

sherlock has 2 syllables: sher-lock. The stress falls on "sher". In IPA it is /ˈʃɝˌlɑk/.

What is another word for sherlock?

Close synonyms include private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative. 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 sherlock a common word?

sherlock 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.

What rhymes with sherlock?

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