spirits

Other forms of spirits

plural

spiritses·

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 spirits

What does spirits mean?

spirits means "an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented".

How many syllables are in spirits?

spirits has 2 syllables: spir-its. The stress falls on "spir". In IPA it is /ˈspɪɹɪts/.

What is another word for spirits?

Close synonyms include liquor, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn. 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 spirits a common word?

spirits 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.