specs

Other forms of specs

plural

specses·

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 specs

What does specs mean?

specs means "(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision".

How many syllables are in specs?

specs has 1 syllable: specs. In IPA it is /ˈspɛks/.

What is another word for specs?

Close synonyms include spectacles, eyeglasses, glasses. 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 specs a common word?

specs 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.