heed

Other forms of heed

plural

heeds·

past tense

heeded·

present participle

heeding·

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 heed

What does heed mean?

heed means "paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heed?

heed has 1 syllable: heed. In IPA it is /ˈhid/.

What is another word for heed?

Close synonyms include attentiveness, regard, paying attention, mind, listen. 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 heed a common word?

heed 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 heed?

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