blessing

Other forms of blessing

plural

blessings·

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 blessing

What does blessing mean?

blessing means "the formal act of approving". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blessing?

blessing has 2 syllables: bles-sing. The stress falls on "bles". In IPA it is /ˈblɛsɪŋ/.

What is another word for blessing?

Close synonyms include approval, approving, boon, grace, thanksgiving. 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 blessing a common word?

blessing 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.