devout

Other forms of devout

comparative

devouter·

superlative

devoutest·

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 devout

What does devout mean?

devout means "deeply religious". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in devout?

devout has 2 syllables: de-vout. The stress falls on "vout". In IPA it is /dɪˈvaʊt/.

What is another word for devout?

Close synonyms include god-fearing, dear, earnest, heartfelt. 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 devout a common word?

devout 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.