monosyllable

3 definitions found

monosyllable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monosyllable \Mon"o*syl`la*ble\, n. [L. monosyllabus of one
     syllable, Gr. ?: cf. F. monosyllabe. See Mono-,
     Syllable.]
     A word of one syllable.
     [1913 Webster]

monosyllable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  monosyllable
      n 1: a word or utterance of one syllable [syn: monosyllable,
           monosyllabic word]

monosyllable - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "monosyllable":
     antonym, articulation, expression, free form, homograph, homonym,
     homophone, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym,
     minimum free form, polysyllable, syllable, synonym, term, usage,
     utterance, verbalism, verbum, vocable, word