balm

Other forms of balm

plural

balms·

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 balm

What does balm mean?

balm means "any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in balm?

balm has 1 syllable: balm. In IPA it is /ˈbɑm/.

What is another word for balm?

Close synonyms include ointment, unction, unguent, salve. 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 balm a common word?

balm 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 balm?

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