tiger

Other forms of tiger

plural

tigers·

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 tiger

What does tiger mean?

tiger means "a fierce or audacious person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tiger?

tiger has 2 syllables: ti-ger. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪɡɚ/.

What is another word for tiger?

Close synonyms include Panthera tigris. 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 tiger a common word?

tiger 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.