illustrate

Other forms of illustrate

past tense

illustrated·

present participle

illustrating·

third person

illustrates·

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 illustrate

What does illustrate mean?

illustrate means "clarify by giving an example of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in illustrate?

illustrate has 3 syllables: il-lu-strate. The stress falls on "il". In IPA it is /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪt/.

What is another word for illustrate?

Close synonyms include exemplify, instance. 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 illustrate a common word?

illustrate 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 illustrate?

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