laud

Other forms of laud

past tense

lauded·

present participle

lauding·

third person

lauds·

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 laud

What does laud mean?

laud means "praise, glorify, or honor".

How many syllables are in laud?

laud has 1 syllable: laud. In IPA it is /ˈlɔd/.

What is another word for laud?

Close synonyms include extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim. 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 laud a common word?

laud 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 laud?

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