distinguish

Other forms of distinguish

past tense

distinguished·

present participle

distinguishing·

third person

distinguishes·

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 distinguish

What does distinguish mean?

distinguish means "mark as different". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distinguish?

distinguish has 3 syllables: di-stin-guish. The stress falls on "stin". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/.

What is another word for distinguish?

Close synonyms include separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize. 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 distinguish a common word?

distinguish 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.

What rhymes with distinguish?

1 word rhymes with distinguish. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.