symbol

Other forms of symbol

plural

symbols·

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 symbol

What does symbol mean?

symbol means "an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in symbol?

symbol has 2 syllables: sym-bol. The stress falls on "sym". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmbəl/.

What is another word for symbol?

Close synonyms include symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation. 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 symbol a common word?

symbol 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.

What rhymes with symbol?

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