wrist

Other forms of wrist

plural

wrists·

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 wrist

What does wrist mean?

wrist means "a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones".

How many syllables are in wrist?

wrist has 1 syllable: wrist. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪst/.

What is another word for wrist?

Close synonyms include carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea. 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 wrist a common word?

wrist 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.