axe

Other forms of axe

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 axe

What does axe mean?

axe 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 axe?

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

What is another word for axe?

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

axe is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 axe?

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