stanley

Other forms of stanley

plural

stanleys·

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 stanley

What does stanley mean?

stanley means "United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stanley?

stanley has 2 syllables: stan-ley. The stress falls on "stan". In IPA it is /ˈstænli/.

What is another word for stanley?

Close synonyms include Francis Edgar Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands. 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 stanley a common word?

stanley 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.