heal

Other forms of heal

past tense

healed·

present participle

healing·

third person

heals·

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 heal

What does heal mean?

heal means "heal or recover". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heal?

heal has 1 syllable: heal. In IPA it is /ˈhil/.

What is another word for heal?

Close synonyms include mend, bring around, cure. 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 heal a common word?

heal 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 heal?

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