watson

1. 1.

   United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)

   SynonymsThomas Augustus Watson

   Broaderengineer
2. 2.

   United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)

   SynonymsJohn Broadus Watson

   Broaderpsychologist
3. 3.

   United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928)

   SynonymsJames WatsonJames Dewey Watson

   Broadergeneticist

Other forms of watson

plural

watsons·

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 watson

What does watson mean?

watson means "United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in watson?

watson has 2 syllables: wat-son. The stress falls on "wat". In IPA it is /ˈwɑtsən/.

What is another word for watson?

Close synonyms include Thomas Augustus Watson, John Broadus Watson, James Watson, James Dewey Watson. 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 watson a common word?

watson is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.