howe

Other forms of howe

plural

howes·

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 howe

What does howe mean?

howe means "United States editor (1920-1993)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in howe?

howe has 1 syllable: howe. In IPA it is /ˈhaʊ/.

What is another word for howe?

Close synonyms include Irving Howe, Gordie Howe, Gordon Howe, Julia Ward Howe, Elias Howe. 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 howe a common word?

howe 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 howe?

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