cent

Other forms of cent

plural

cents·

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 cent

What does cent mean?

cent means "a fractional monetary unit of several countries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cent?

cent has 1 syllable: cent. In IPA it is /ˈsɛnt/.

What is another word for cent?

Close synonyms include penny, centime. 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 cent a common word?

cent 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 cent?

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