varan

1. 1.

   any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

   Synonymsmonitormonitor lizard

   Broaderlizard

   NarrowerAfrican monitorKomodo dragon

   Part ofVaranus

Other forms of varan

plural

varans·

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 varan

What does varan mean?

varan means "any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles".

How many syllables are in varan?

varan has 2 syllables: va-ran. The stress falls on "va".

What is another word for varan?

Close synonyms include monitor, monitor lizard. 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 varan a common word?

varan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.