groan

Other forms of groan

plural

groans·

past tense

groaned·

present participle

groaning·

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 groan

What does groan mean?

groan means "an utterance expressing pain or disapproval". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in groan?

groan has 1 syllable: groan. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹoʊn/.

What is another word for groan?

Close synonyms include moan, moan. 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 groan a common word?

groan 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 groan?

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