ex

1. 1.

   out of fashion

   “a suit of rather antique appearance”

   “demode (or outmoded) attire”

   “outmoded ideas”

   Synonymsantiquedemodeold-fashionedold-hatoutmodedpassepassee

   Similarunfashionable

Other forms of ex

plural

exes·

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 ex

What does ex mean?

ex means "a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ex?

ex has 1 syllable: ex. In IPA it is /ˈɛks/.

What is another word for ex?

Close synonyms include ex-husband, ex-wife, X, x, antique. 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 ex a common word?

ex is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 ex?

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