thyroid

Other forms of thyroid

plural

thyroids·

comparative

thyroider·

superlative

thyroidest·

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 thyroid

What does thyroid mean?

thyroid means "of or relating to the thyroid gland". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thyroid?

thyroid has 2 syllables: thy-roid. The stress falls on "thy". In IPA it is /ˈθaɪɹɔɪd/.

What is another word for thyroid?

Close synonyms include thyroidal, thyroid gland. 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 thyroid a common word?

thyroid 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.