thomson

Other forms of thomson

plural

thomsons·

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 thomson

What does thomson mean?

thomson means "United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thomson?

thomson has 2 syllables: thom-son. The stress falls on "thom". In IPA it is /ˈtɑmsən/.

What is another word for thomson?

Close synonyms include Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson, Elihu Thomson, George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson. 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 thomson a common word?

thomson 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.