victuals

Other forms of victuals

plural

victualses·

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 victuals

What does victuals mean?

victuals means "a stock or supply of foods". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in victuals?

victuals has 3 syllables: vic-tu-als. The stress falls on "vic".

What is another word for victuals?

Close synonyms include commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, nutriment. 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 victuals a common word?

victuals 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.