zombi

Other forms of zombi

plural

zombis·

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 zombi

What does zombi mean?

zombi means "(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zombi?

zombi has 2 syllables: zom-bi. The stress falls on "zom".

What is another word for zombi?

Close synonyms include zombie, zombi spirit, zombie spirit, zombie, snake god. 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 zombi a common word?

zombi 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.