least

Other forms of least

plural

leasts·

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 least

What does least mean?

least means "something that is of no importance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in least?

least has 1 syllable: least. In IPA it is /ˈlist/.

What is another word for least?

Close synonyms include to the lowest degree. 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.

What is the opposite of least?

The recorded antonyms are most, most.

Is least a common word?

least is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 least?

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