kent

Other forms of kent

plural

kents·

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 kent

What does kent mean?

kent means "a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kent?

kent has 1 syllable: kent. In IPA it is /ˈkɛnt/.

What is another word for kent?

Close synonyms include Rockwell Kent. 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 kent a common word?

kent 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.

What rhymes with kent?

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