collide

Other forms of collide

past tense

collided·

present participle

colliding·

third person

collides·

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 collide

What does collide mean?

collide means "be incompatible; be or come into conflict". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in collide?

collide has 2 syllables: col-lide. The stress falls on "lide". In IPA it is /kəˈlaɪd/.

What is another word for collide?

Close synonyms include clash, jar, clash. 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 collide a common word?

collide 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 collide?

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