Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sysop

/ˈsɪsˌɒp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: sysop
IPA: /ˈsɪsˌɒp/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of sysop.

noun

A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.

noun

An administrator on a wiki.

verb

To work as a sysop.

Intransitive verb

verb

To grant someone sysop privileges.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Another major chunk of time goes into computer work - entering the data which is dumped on my desk at irregular intervals by the other IPM programs, tidying up the database, and sysopping on our micro-based bulletin board system."

Etymology

Blend of system + operator.

Usage

Inflected Forms

SYSOPs (plural) sysops (present, singular) sysopping (participle, present) sysopped (participle, past) sysopped (past)

Derived Forms

cosysop desysop resysop sysape sysophood

Frequently Paired Words

sysprog

Synonyms

admin

Questions

How do you pronounce sysop?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪsˌɒp/.
What does sysop mean?: Alternative letter-case form of sysop.
Where does sysop come from?: Blend of system + operator.

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