invert

Other forms of invert

past tense

inverted·

present participle

inverting·

third person

inverts·

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 invert

What does invert mean?

invert means "make an inversion (in a musical composition)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in invert?

invert has 2 syllables: in-vert. The stress falls on "vert". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvɝt/.

What is another word for invert?

Close synonyms include reverse, turn back, reverse. 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 invert a common word?

invert 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 invert?

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