heist

1. 1.

   commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

   Synonymsburglarizeburglariseburgle

   Broadersteal

Other forms of heist

plural

heists·

past tense

heisted·

present participle

heisting·

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 heist

What does heist mean?

heist means "the act of stealing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heist?

heist has 1 syllable: heist. In IPA it is /ˈhaɪst/.

What is another word for heist?

Close synonyms include rip-off, armed robbery, holdup, stickup, burglarize. 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 heist a common word?

heist 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.