beloved

Other forms of beloved

plural

beloveds·

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 beloved

What does beloved mean?

beloved means "a beloved person; used as terms of endearment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beloved?

beloved has 2 syllables: belo-ved. The stress falls on "ved". In IPA it is /bɪˈlʌvd/.

What is another word for beloved?

Close synonyms include dear, dearest, honey, love, darling. 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 beloved a common word?

beloved 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 beloved?

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