tiro

Other forms of tiro

plural

tyros

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 tiro

What does tiro mean?

tiro means "someone new to a field or activity".

How many syllables are in tiro?

tiro has 2 syllables: ti-ro. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for tiro?

Close synonyms include novice, beginner, tyro, initiate. 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 tiro a common word?

tiro is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.