gram

Other forms of gram

plural

grams·

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 gram

What does gram mean?

gram means "a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gram?

gram has 1 syllable: gram. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹæm/.

What is another word for gram?

Close synonyms include gramme, gm, g, Hans C. J. Gram. 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 gram a common word?

gram 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 gram?

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