born

1. 1.

   brought into existence

   “he was a child born of adultery”

   Antonymsunborn

   Similarhatched
2. 2.

   being talented through inherited qualities

   “a natural leader”

   “a born musician”

   “an innate talent”

   Synonymsnaturalinnate

   Similarintelligent

1. 1.

   British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)

   SynonymsMax Born

   Broadernuclear physicist

Other forms of born

plural

borns·

comparative

borner·

superlative

bornest·

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 born

What does born mean?

born means "brought into existence". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in born?

born has 1 syllable: born. In IPA it is /ˈbɔɹn/.

What is another word for born?

Close synonyms include natural, innate, Max Born. 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.

What is the opposite of born?

The recorded antonyms are unborn.

Is born a common word?

born is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 born?

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