deserve

Questions about deserve

What does deserve mean?

deserve means "be worthy or deserving".

How many syllables are in deserve?

deserve has 2 syllables: de-serve. The stress falls on "serve". In IPA it is /dɪˈzɝv/.

What is another word for deserve?

Close synonyms include merit. 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 deserve a common word?

deserve is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 deserve?

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