wasp

Other forms of wasp

plural

wasps·

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 wasp

What does wasp mean?

wasp means "a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wasp?

wasp has 1 syllable: wasp. In IPA it is /ˈwɑsp/.

What is another word for wasp?

Close synonyms include white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 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 wasp a common word?

wasp 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.