caress

Other forms of caress

plural

caresses·

past tense

caressed·

present participle

caressing·

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 caress

What does caress mean?

caress means "a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caress?

caress has 2 syllables: ca-ress. The stress falls on "ress". In IPA it is /kɚˈɛs/.

What is another word for caress?

Close synonyms include fondle. 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 caress a common word?

caress 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 caress?

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