stanford

1. 1.

   United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)

   SynonymsLeland Stanford

   Broaderbusinessman
2. 2.

   a university in California

   SynonymsStanford University

   Broaderuniversity

   Part ofPalo Alto

Other forms of stanford

plural

stanfords·

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 stanford

What does stanford mean?

stanford means "United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stanford?

stanford has 2 syllables: stan-ford. The stress falls on "stan". In IPA it is /ˈstænfɚd/.

What is another word for stanford?

Close synonyms include Leland Stanford, Stanford University. 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 stanford a common word?

stanford 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.