amuse

Other forms of amuse

past tense

amused·

present participle

amusing·

third person

amuses·

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 amuse

What does amuse mean?

amuse means "occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amuse?

amuse has 2 syllables: a-muse. The stress falls on "muse". In IPA it is /əˈmjuz/.

What is another word for amuse?

Close synonyms include divert, disport. 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 amuse a common word?

amuse 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 amuse?

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