cur

Other forms of cur

plural

curs·

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 cur

What does cur mean?

cur means "an inferior dog or one of mixed breed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cur?

cur has 1 syllable: cur. In IPA it is /ˈkɝ/.

What is another word for cur?

Close synonyms include mongrel, mutt. 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 cur a common word?

cur is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 cur?

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