abide

Other forms of abide

past tense or participle

abode

present participle

abiding·

third person

abides·

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 abide

What does abide mean?

abide means "dwell". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abide?

abide has 2 syllables: a-bide. The stress falls on "bide". In IPA it is /əˈbaɪd/.

What is another word for abide?

Close synonyms include bide, stay, digest, endure, stick out. 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 abide a common word?

abide is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abide?

2 words rhyme with abide. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.