hike

1. 1.

   increase

   “The landlord hiked up the rents”

   Synonymshike upboost

   Broaderraise
2. 2.

   walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

   “We were hiking in Colorado”

   “hike the Rockies”

   Broaderwalk

   Narrowertrampbackpack

   sport

Other forms of hike

plural

hikes·

past tense

hiked·

present participle

hiking·

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 hike

What does hike mean?

hike means "a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hike?

hike has 1 syllable: hike. In IPA it is /ˈhaɪk/.

What is another word for hike?

Close synonyms include hiking, tramp, rise, boost, cost increase. 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 hike a common word?

hike 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 hike?

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