austere

Other forms of austere

comparative

austerer·

superlative

austerest·

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 austere

What does austere mean?

austere means "severely simple". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in austere?

austere has 2 syllables: au-stere. The stress falls on "stere". In IPA it is /ɔˈstɪɹ/.

What is another word for austere?

Close synonyms include severe, stark, stern, stern, ascetic. 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 austere a common word?

austere is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 austere?

1 word rhymes with austere. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.