jeer

Other forms of jeer

plural

jeers·

past tense

jeered·

present participle

jeering·

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 jeer

What does jeer mean?

jeer means "showing your contempt by derision". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jeer?

jeer has 1 syllable: jeer. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪɹ/.

What is another word for jeer?

Close synonyms include jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing, scoff. 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 jeer a common word?

jeer 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.