fiend

Other forms of fiend

plural

fiends·

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 fiend

What does fiend mean?

fiend means "a cruel wicked and inhuman person". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fiend?

fiend has 1 syllable: fiend. In IPA it is /ˈfind/.

What is another word for fiend?

Close synonyms include monster, devil, demon, ogre, devil. 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 fiend a common word?

fiend 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.