lout

Other forms of lout

plural

louts·

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 lout

What does lout mean?

lout means "an awkward stupid person".

How many syllables are in lout?

lout has 1 syllable: lout. In IPA it is /ˈlaʊt/.

What is another word for lout?

Close synonyms include clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber. 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 lout a common word?

lout 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 lout?

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