blithe

Other forms of blithe

comparative

blither·

superlative

blithest·

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 blithe

What does blithe mean?

blithe means "lacking or showing a lack of due concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blithe?

blithe has 1 syllable: blithe. In IPA it is /ˈblaɪð/.

What is another word for blithe?

Close synonyms include blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted. 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 blithe a common word?

blithe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.