encroach

Other forms of encroach

past tense

encroached·

present participle

encroaching·

third person

encroaches·

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 encroach

What does encroach mean?

encroach means "advance beyond the usual limit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in encroach?

encroach has 2 syllables: en-croach. The stress falls on "croach". In IPA it is /ɪnˈkɹoʊtʃ/.

What is another word for encroach?

Close synonyms include infringe, impinge, impinge, entrench, trench. 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 encroach a common word?

encroach 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 encroach?

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