admire

Other forms of admire

past tense

admired·

present participle

admiring·

third person

admires·

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 admire

What does admire mean?

admire means "feel admiration for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in admire?

admire has 2 syllables: ad-mire. The stress falls on "mire". In IPA it is /ædˈmaɪɹ/.

What is another word for admire?

Close synonyms include look up to. 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.

What is the opposite of admire?

The recorded antonyms are look down on.

Is admire a common word?

admire 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 admire?

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