id

1. 1.

   a state in the Rocky Mountains

   SynonymsIdahoGem StateId.

   BroaderAmerican state

   Part ofUnited States

   PartsYellowstone National ParkBoiseCoeur d'AleneIdaho FallsLewistonNampa
2. 2.

   a card or badge used to identify the bearer

   “you had to show your ID in order to get in”

   SynonymsI.D.

   Broaderbadgepositive identification
3. 3.

   (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

   Broaderinstinct

   Part ofunconscious mind

   psychoanalysis

Other forms of id

plural

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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 id

What does id mean?

id means "a state in the Rocky Mountains". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in id?

id has 1 syllable: id. In IPA it is /ˈɪd/.

What is another word for id?

Close synonyms include Idaho, Gem State, Id., I.D.. 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 id a common word?

id 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.