stephenson

1. 1.

   English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)

   SynonymsGeorge Stephenson

   Broaderbusinessman

Other forms of stephenson

plural

stephensons·

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 stephenson

What does stephenson mean?

stephenson means "English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)".

How many syllables are in stephenson?

stephenson has 3 syllables: ste-phen-son. The stress falls on "ste". In IPA it is /ˈstivənsən/.

What is another word for stephenson?

Close synonyms include George Stephenson. 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 stephenson a common word?

stephenson is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 stephenson?

1 word rhymes with stephenson. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.