universe

Other forms of universe

plural

universes·

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 universe

What does universe mean?

universe means "everything that exists anywhere". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in universe?

universe has 3 syllables: u-ni-verse. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjunəˌvɝs/.

What is another word for universe?

Close synonyms include existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm. 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 universe a common word?

universe is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 universe?

9 words rhyme with universe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.