bard

Other forms of bard

plural

bards·

past tense

barded·

present participle

barding·

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 bard

What does bard mean?

bard means "a lyric poet". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bard?

bard has 1 syllable: bard. In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹd/.

What is another word for bard?

Close synonyms include caparison, barde, dress up. 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 bard a common word?

bard 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 bard?

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