accuse

Other forms of accuse

past tense

accused·

present participle

accusing·

third person

accuses·

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 accuse

What does accuse mean?

accuse means "bring an accusation against; level a charge against". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in accuse?

accuse has 2 syllables: ac-cuse. The stress falls on "cuse". In IPA it is /əˈkjuz/.

What is another word for accuse?

Close synonyms include impeach, incriminate, criminate, charge. 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 accuse a common word?

accuse is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 accuse?

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