awe

1. 1.

   inspire awe in

   “The famous professor awed the undergraduates”

   Broaderfrighten

   Narroweroverawe

Other forms of awe

plural

awes·

past tense

awed·

present participle

awing·

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 awe

What does awe mean?

awe means "an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in awe?

awe has 1 syllable: awe. In IPA it is /ˈɑ/.

What is another word for awe?

Close synonyms include fear, reverence, veneration. 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 awe a common word?

awe 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 awe?

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