den

Other forms of den

plural

dens·

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 den

What does den mean?

den means "the habitation of wild animals". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in den?

den has 1 syllable: den. In IPA it is /ˈdɛn/.

What is another word for den?

Close synonyms include lair, hideout, hideaway. 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 den a common word?

den 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.