Higgs
/hɪɡz/
Higgs proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic. Also the ellipsis of Higgs boson.
Proper noun
Higgs (plural Higgses)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Adjective
Higgs (not comparable)
- pertaining to the Higgs mechanism/Higgs force
- Synonyms:
- Higgsian
Verb
Higgs (third-person singular simple present Higgses, present participle Higgsing, simple past and past participle Higgsed)
- to make subject to the Higgs mechanism
- When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to #92;mathbbZ#95;n.2015 February 26, Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin, Nathan Seiberg, Brian Willett, “Generalized global symmetries”, in SpringerLink^(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)172)
Also used as
Higgs is also the ellipsis of Higgs boson.
Synonyms of Higgs
Forms of Higgs
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Higgses |
| alternative form | Hicks |
| Noun | |
| plural | Higgses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Higgses |
| present participle | Higgsing |
| past participle | Higgsed |
| past | Higgsed |
Origin of Higgs
From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.
Words formed from Higgs
Phrases with Higgs
Words that rhyme with Higgs
Questions about Higgs
- What does Higgs mean?
- Higgs means a surname originating as a patronymic.
- What part of speech is Higgs?
- Higgs can be a proper noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce Higgs?
- Higgs is pronounced /hɪɡz/.
Words near Higgs in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Higgs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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