creed

Other forms of creed

plural

creeds·

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 creed

What does creed mean?

creed means "any system of principles or beliefs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in creed?

creed has 1 syllable: creed. In IPA it is /ˈkɹid/.

What is another word for creed?

Close synonyms include credo, religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel. 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 creed a common word?

creed 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 creed?

1 word rhymes with creed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.