infringe

Other forms of infringe

past tense

infringed·

present participle

infringing·

third person

infringes·

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 infringe

What does infringe mean?

infringe means "go against, as of rules and laws". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in infringe?

infringe has 2 syllables: in-fringe. The stress falls on "fringe". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈfɹɪndʒ/.

What is another word for infringe?

Close synonyms include conflict, run afoul, contravene, encroach, impinge. 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 infringe a common word?

infringe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 infringe?

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