deter

Other forms of deter

past tense or participle

deterred

present participle

deterring

third person

deters·

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 deter

What does deter mean?

deter means "try to prevent; show opposition to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deter?

deter has 2 syllables: de-ter. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /dɪˈtɝ/.

What is another word for deter?

Close synonyms include discourage, dissuade. 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 deter a common word?

deter 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 deter?

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