syllabus

Other forms of syllabus

plural

syllabi

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 syllabus

What does syllabus mean?

syllabus means "an integrated course of academic studies".

How many syllables are in syllabus?

syllabus has 3 syllables: syl-la-bus. The stress falls on "syl". In IPA it is /ˈsɪləbəs/.

What is another word for syllabus?

Close synonyms include course of study, program, programme, curriculum. 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 syllabus a common word?

syllabus 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.