hag

Other forms of hag

plural

hags·

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 hag

What does hag mean?

hag means "an ugly evil-looking old woman". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hag?

hag has 1 syllable: hag. In IPA it is /ˈhæɡ/.

What is another word for hag?

Close synonyms include beldam, beldame, witch, crone, hagfish. 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 hag a common word?

hag 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.