adverse

Other forms of adverse

comparative

adverser·

superlative

adversest·

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 adverse

What does adverse mean?

adverse means "contrary to your interests or welfare". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adverse?

adverse has 2 syllables: ad-verse. The stress falls on "verse". In IPA it is /ædˈvɝs/.

What is another word for adverse?

Close synonyms include inauspicious, untoward, contrary. 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 adverse a common word?

adverse 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 adverse?

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