goat

Other forms of goat

plural

goats·

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 goat

What does goat mean?

goat means "any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goat?

goat has 1 syllable: goat. In IPA it is /ˈɡoʊt/.

What is another word for goat?

Close synonyms include caprine animal, butt, laughingstock, stooge, Capricorn. 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 goat a common word?

goat 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 goat?

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