gape

Other forms of gape

plural

gapes·

past tense

gaped·

present participle

gaping·

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 gape

What does gape mean?

gape means "an expression of openmouthed astonishment". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gape?

gape has 1 syllable: gape. In IPA it is /ˈɡeɪp/.

What is another word for gape?

Close synonyms include goggle, gawp, gawk, yawn, yaw. 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 gape a common word?

gape 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 gape?

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