anthem

1. 1.

   a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

   Broadersong

   Narrowernational anthem
2. 2.

   a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

   Synonymshymn

   Broaderreligious song

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Other forms of anthem

plural

anthems·

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 anthem

What does anthem mean?

anthem means "a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anthem?

anthem has 2 syllables: an-them. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈænθəm/.

What is another word for anthem?

Close synonyms include hymn. 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 anthem a common word?

anthem 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.