hind

Other forms of hind

plural

hinds·

comparative or superlative

hinder

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 hind

What does hind mean?

hind means "any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hind?

hind has 1 syllable: hind. In IPA it is /ˈhaɪnd/.

What is another word for hind?

Close synonyms include back, hinder. 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 hind a common word?

hind 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 hind?

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