fibre

1. 1.

   a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

   Synonymsfiber

   Broadermaterial

   Narrowerbyssusbristleoptical fibernerve fiberspindleloofacantalabassinecoirraffia
2. 2.

   any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

   Synonymsfiber

   Broadercell

   Narrowermuscle cellnerve fiber
3. 3.

   the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

   “education has for its object the formation of character”

   Synonymscharacterfiber

   Broadertrait

   Narrowerspirit

   Part ofpersonality

   Partsthoughtfulnessresponsibilityintegrity
4. 4.

   a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

   Synonymsfibervulcanized fiber

   Broaderfabric

Other forms of fibre

plural

fibres·

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 fibre

What does fibre mean?

fibre means "a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fibre?

fibre has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈfaɪbɚ/.

What is another word for fibre?

Close synonyms include fiber, fiber, character, fiber, fiber. 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 fibre a common word?

fibre 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 fibre?

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