steward

Other forms of steward

plural

stewards·

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 steward

What does steward mean?

steward means "someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in steward?

steward has 2 syllables: ste-ward. The stress falls on "ste". In IPA it is /ˈstuɚd/.

What is another word for steward?

Close synonyms include flight attendant, shop steward, custodian, keeper. 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 steward a common word?

steward 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.