wand

Other forms of wand

plural

wands·

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 wand

What does wand mean?

wand means "a rod used by a magician or water diviner". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wand?

wand has 1 syllable: wand. In IPA it is /ˈwɑnd/.

What is another word for wand?

Close synonyms include scepter, sceptre, verge, baton. 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 wand a common word?

wand is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.