aide

Other forms of aide

plural

aides·

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 aide

What does aide mean?

aide means "an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aide?

aide has 1 syllable: aide. In IPA it is /ˈeɪd/.

What is another word for aide?

Close synonyms include adjutant, aide-de-camp, auxiliary. 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 aide a common word?

aide 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 aide?

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