ax

Other forms of ax

plural

axes

past tense

axed·

present participle

axing·

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 ax

What does ax mean?

ax means "chop or split with an ax". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ax?

ax has 1 syllable: ax. In IPA it is /ˈæks/.

What is another word for ax?

Close synonyms include axe, axe, axe. 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 ax a common word?

ax 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 ax?

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