Socrates
Syllables: Soc·ra·tes/ˈsɒkɹətiːz//ˈsɑkɹətiz/
Socrates proper noun: a male given name from Ancient Greek.
Proper noun
Socrates
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- The Greek philosopher, 470–399 BC.
- Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration...1996, John M. Cooper, “Introduction”, in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, page xxii
- The Greek philosopher, 470–399 BC.
Noun capitalized: SOCRATES
SOCRATES
- Acronym of site, onset, character, radiation, associations, timecourse, exacerbating and relieving factors, and severity (of pain).
Socrates meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Punjabi
Socrates in Hindi
- Greek philosopher
- सुकरात sukrāt, सुक़रात suqrāt
Socrates in Marathi
- Greek philosopher
- सुकरात sukrāt
Socrates in Bengali
- Greek philosopher
- সুকরাত śukrat
Socrates in Punjabi
- Greek philosopher
- ਸੁਕਰਾਤ sukrāt
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- Socrates in Gujarati
- સુકરાત sukrāt
- Socrates in Odia
- ସକ୍ରେଟିସ୍ sakreṭis
- Socrates in Nepali
- सुकरात sukarāt
- Socrates in Arabic
- سُقْرَاط suqrāṭ, سُوكْرَاتِس sukrātis
- Socrates in Malay
- Socrates
- Socrates in Persian
- سقراط soqrât, سوکراتس sukrâtes
- Socrates in Vietnamese
- Xô-crát
- Socrates in Myanmar
- ဆိုကရေးတီး hcuika.re:ti:
Forms of Socrates
| alternative form | Sokrates |
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Origin of Socrates
Via Latin Socrates, from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs). Doublet of Sokratis.
Words formed from Socrates
Words that rhyme with Socrates
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
- agrees
Questions about Socrates
- What does Socrates mean?
- Socrates means a male given name from Ancient Greek.
- What is Socrates in Hindi?
- Socrates in Hindi is सुकरात (sukrāt), सुक़रात (suqrāt). See Socrates meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Socrates?
- Socrates can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Socrates?
- Socrates is pronounced /ˈsɒkɹətiːz/ (UK).
Words near Socrates in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Socrates (page history and authors); SOCRATES (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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